diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 23ba6765b718c790dbf698edbb2758a2ca6f9102..9aa52fd13a7854518956af4387ce4f4aa93eefb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ static inline int mpx_disable_management(struct task_struct *tsk)
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MPX */
 
 extern u16 amd_get_nb_id(int cpu);
+extern u32 amd_get_nodes_per_socket(void);
 
 static inline uint32_t hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, uint32_t leaves)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 94e7051fba1a3fa17ed509d1559055fb91ac9069..56cae1964a81a5ee68881d379ec14a40bc4ae0a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
+/*
+ * nodes_per_socket: Stores the number of nodes per socket.
+ * Refer to Fam15h Models 00-0fh BKDG - CPUID Fn8000_001E_ECX
+ * Node Identifiers[10:8]
+ */
+static u32 nodes_per_socket = 1;
+
 static inline int rdmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long *p)
 {
 	u32 gprs[8] = { 0 };
@@ -291,7 +298,7 @@ static int nearby_node(int apicid)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_HT
 static void amd_get_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
-	u32 nodes, cores_per_cu = 1;
+	u32 cores_per_cu = 1;
 	u8 node_id;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
@@ -300,7 +307,7 @@ static void amd_get_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 
 		cpuid(0x8000001e, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-		nodes = ((ecx >> 8) & 7) + 1;
+		nodes_per_socket = ((ecx >> 8) & 7) + 1;
 		node_id = ecx & 7;
 
 		/* get compute unit information */
@@ -311,18 +318,18 @@ static void amd_get_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		u64 value;
 
 		rdmsrl(MSR_FAM10H_NODE_ID, value);
-		nodes = ((value >> 3) & 7) + 1;
+		nodes_per_socket = ((value >> 3) & 7) + 1;
 		node_id = value & 7;
 	} else
 		return;
 
 	/* fixup multi-node processor information */
-	if (nodes > 1) {
+	if (nodes_per_socket > 1) {
 		u32 cores_per_node;
 		u32 cus_per_node;
 
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_DCM);
-		cores_per_node = c->x86_max_cores / nodes;
+		cores_per_node = c->x86_max_cores / nodes_per_socket;
 		cus_per_node = cores_per_node / cores_per_cu;
 
 		/* store NodeID, use llc_shared_map to store sibling info */
@@ -366,6 +373,12 @@ u16 amd_get_nb_id(int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amd_get_nb_id);
 
+u32 amd_get_nodes_per_socket(void)
+{
+	return nodes_per_socket;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amd_get_nodes_per_socket);
+
 static void srat_detect_node(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA