diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index ff663ca63fdc24353532280f1f55a4a87b0fd1d7..1346e9c23fc4373f27675a6ddc1a314165ef041e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -307,19 +307,18 @@ struct _cache_attr {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
+
+/*
+ * L3 cache descriptors
+ */
+static struct amd_l3_cache **__cpuinitdata l3_caches;
+
 static void __cpuinit amd_calc_l3_indices(struct amd_l3_cache *l3)
 {
-	/*
-	 * We're called over smp_call_function_single() and therefore
-	 * are on the correct cpu.
-	 */
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	int node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
-	struct pci_dev *dev = node_to_k8_nb_misc(node);
 	unsigned int sc0, sc1, sc2, sc3;
 	u32 val = 0;
 
-	pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x1C4, &val);
+	pci_read_config_dword(l3->dev, 0x1C4, &val);
 
 	/* calculate subcache sizes */
 	l3->subcaches[0] = sc0 = !(val & BIT(0));
@@ -328,13 +327,31 @@ static void __cpuinit amd_calc_l3_indices(struct amd_l3_cache *l3)
 	l3->subcaches[3] = sc3 = !(val & BIT(12)) + !(val & BIT(13));
 
 	l3->indices = (max(max(max(sc0, sc1), sc2), sc3) << 10) - 1;
+}
+
+static struct amd_l3_cache * __cpuinit amd_init_l3_cache(int node)
+{
+	struct amd_l3_cache *l3;
+	struct pci_dev *dev = node_to_k8_nb_misc(node);
+
+	l3 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!l3) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error allocating L3 struct\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	l3->dev = dev;
+
+	amd_calc_l3_indices(l3);
+
+	return l3;
 }
 
 static void __cpuinit
 amd_check_l3_disable(int index, struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf)
 {
+	int node;
+
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 != 0x10)
 		return;
 
@@ -355,14 +372,28 @@ amd_check_l3_disable(int index, struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf)
 	if (num_k8_northbridges == 0)
 		return;
 
-	this_leaf->l3 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!this_leaf->l3) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error allocating L3 struct\n");
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * Strictly speaking, the amount in @size below is leaked since it is
+	 * never freed but this is done only on shutdown so it doesn't matter.
+	 */
+	if (!l3_caches) {
+		int size = num_k8_northbridges * sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache *);
+
+		l3_caches = kzalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!l3_caches)
+			return;
 	}
 
-	this_leaf->l3->can_disable = true;
-	amd_calc_l3_indices(this_leaf->l3);
+	node = amd_get_nb_id(smp_processor_id());
+
+	if (!l3_caches[node]) {
+		l3_caches[node] = amd_init_l3_cache(node);
+		l3_caches[node]->can_disable = true;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON(!l3_caches[node]);
+
+	this_leaf->l3 = l3_caches[node];
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_cache_disable(struct _cpuid4_info *this_leaf, char *buf,