diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
index 5356f927d411cd237c4249624ab850bf3c46daff..87a085333cbf563f2e0cc1ad8845fa7d822cfc99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_intel.h
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ update_match_revision(struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header, int rev);
 extern void __init load_ucode_intel_bsp(void);
 extern void __cpuinit load_ucode_intel_ap(void);
 extern void show_ucode_info_early(void);
+extern int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void);
 #else
 static inline __init void load_ucode_intel_bsp(void) {}
 static inline __cpuinit void load_ucode_intel_ap(void) {}
 static inline void show_ucode_info_early(void) {}
+static inline int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void) { return -EINVAL; }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY) && defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
index 833d51d6ee065b908fa70ac1075a3acf6d2721a4..0d19ac5016a79699f73e46ff4c3fc9bf5c3748fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
@@ -98,3 +98,13 @@ void __cpuinit load_ucode_ap(void)
 	if (vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && x86 >= 6)
 		load_ucode_intel_ap();
 }
+
+int __init save_microcode_in_initrd(void)
+{
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
+
+	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && c->x86 >= 6)
+		return save_microcode_in_initrd_intel();
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c
index a07f0a026e7b6c39c3da27ef77d22d0247a3c9ff..dabef95506f39e23c58fa74a177736eccd62ccb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel_early.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static int __cpuinit apply_microcode_early(struct mc_saved_data *mc_saved_data,
  * This function converts microcode patch offsets previously stored in
  * mc_saved_in_initrd to pointers and stores the pointers in mc_saved_data.
  */
-int __init save_microcode_in_initrd(void)
+int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void)
 {
 	unsigned int count = mc_saved_data.mc_saved_count;
 	struct microcode_intel *mc_saved[MAX_UCODE_COUNT];