diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 12823b6ebd6dc32df11c4c425f3fb4159506d535..9ae7fcac70ab7d48307a5cef5e27ced15a4550af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -182,17 +182,17 @@ static int __init save_microcode_in_initrd(void)
 	switch (c->x86_vendor) {
 	case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
 		if (c->x86 >= 6)
-			save_microcode_in_initrd_intel();
+			return save_microcode_in_initrd_intel();
 		break;
 	case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
 		if (c->x86 >= 0x10)
-			save_microcode_in_initrd_amd();
+			return save_microcode_in_initrd_amd();
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 void reload_early_microcode(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 2ad40b73c8dff77d4bd7d148e21861077827bed5..d852ca984f87ec6de2b0086f76995de918ebdbe0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_intel(void)
 	ret = save_microcode(&mc_saved_data, mc_saved, count);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("Cannot save microcode patches from initrd.\n");
-
-	show_saved_mc();
+	else
+		show_saved_mc();
 
 	return ret;
 }