diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_amd.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_amd.h
index 15eb75484cc078..98ccbd1dbb0138 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_amd.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode_amd.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static inline u16 find_equiv_id(struct equiv_cpu_entry *equiv_cpu_table,
 
 extern int __apply_microcode_amd(struct microcode_amd *mc_amd);
 extern int apply_microcode_amd(int cpu);
-extern enum ucode_state load_microcode_amd(int cpu, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size);
 
 #define PATCH_MAX_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index b74bb29db6b940..732bb03fcf919f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ static size_t compute_container_size(u8 *data, u32 total_size)
 	return size;
 }
 
+static enum ucode_state
+load_microcode_amd(bool save, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size);
+
 /*
  * Early load occurs before we can vmalloc(). So we look for the microcode
  * patch container file in initrd, traverse equivalent cpu table, look for a
@@ -451,7 +454,7 @@ int __init save_microcode_in_initrd_amd(void)
 	eax   = cpuid_eax(0x00000001);
 	eax   = ((eax >> 8) & 0xf) + ((eax >> 20) & 0xff);
 
-	ret = load_microcode_amd(smp_processor_id(), eax, container, container_size);
+	ret = load_microcode_amd(true, eax, container, container_size);
 	if (ret != UCODE_OK)
 		retval = -EINVAL;
 
@@ -864,7 +867,8 @@ static enum ucode_state __load_microcode_amd(u8 family, const u8 *data,
 	return UCODE_OK;
 }
 
-enum ucode_state load_microcode_amd(int cpu, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size)
+static enum ucode_state
+load_microcode_amd(bool save, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t size)
 {
 	enum ucode_state ret;
 
@@ -878,8 +882,8 @@ enum ucode_state load_microcode_amd(int cpu, u8 family, const u8 *data, size_t s
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	/* save BSP's matching patch for early load */
-	if (cpu_data(cpu).cpu_index == boot_cpu_data.cpu_index) {
-		struct ucode_patch *p = find_patch(cpu);
+	if (save) {
+		struct ucode_patch *p = find_patch(0);
 		if (p) {
 			memset(amd_ucode_patch, 0, PATCH_MAX_SIZE);
 			memcpy(amd_ucode_patch, p->data, min_t(u32, ksize(p->data),
@@ -911,11 +915,12 @@ 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);
+	bool bsp = c->cpu_index == boot_cpu_data.cpu_index;
 	enum ucode_state ret = UCODE_NFOUND;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 
 	/* reload ucode container only on the boot cpu */
-	if (!refresh_fw || c->cpu_index != boot_cpu_data.cpu_index)
+	if (!refresh_fw || !bsp)
 		return UCODE_OK;
 
 	if (c->x86 >= 0x15)
@@ -932,7 +937,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_amd(int cpu, struct device *device,
 		goto fw_release;
 	}
 
-	ret = load_microcode_amd(cpu, c->x86, fw->data, fw->size);
+	ret = load_microcode_amd(bsp, c->x86, fw->data, fw->size);
 
  fw_release:
 	release_firmware(fw);