diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index 74ecc2bd6cd0f1ace97a9b5340d78d5b77893a94..d4c36fbd1d3961cd830d4b5f46935ed94b83ea43 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ enum ucode_state {
 };
 
 struct microcode_ops {
-	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_fw) (int cpu, struct device *,
-						  bool refresh_fw);
+	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_fw) (int cpu, struct device *);
 
 	void (*microcode_fini_cpu) (int cpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index e7410e98fc1f9a55a57ab3f485beb584789df9b7..b103d5e5f4478e90eb4f816c7a1916da1ad2928e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -891,8 +891,7 @@ load_microcode_amd(bool save, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size)
  *
  * These might be larger than 2K.
  */
-static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device,
-					      bool refresh_fw)
+static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device)
 {
 	char fw_name[36] = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
@@ -901,7 +900,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device,
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 
 	/* reload ucode container only on the boot cpu */
-	if (!refresh_fw || !bsp)
+	if (!bsp)
 		return UCODE_OK;
 
 	if (c->x86 >= 0x15)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 63f7678743bef7559e23ba9ac18794dfd29280d9..7c41e0132fa14549d91d2561b2fd8a2a4356821c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto put;
 
-	tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev, true);
+	tmp_ret = microcode_ops->request_microcode_fw(bsp, &microcode_pdev->dev);
 	if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
 		goto put;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 1fcbd671f1dffc515672ccd2c57d5fdbf5d42436..8c35c70029bf793d4e17aaec95d31b44afba5d1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -885,8 +885,7 @@ static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
-					     bool refresh_fw)
+static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	const struct firmware *firmware;