diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 88a996d80ca6..7bbd50fa72ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,25 @@ static int __mcheck_cpu_ancient_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Init basic CPU features needed for early decoding of MCEs.
+ */
+static void __mcheck_cpu_init_early(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+		mce_flags.overflow_recov = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV);
+		mce_flags.succor	 = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SUCCOR);
+		mce_flags.smca		 = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMCA);
+
+		if (mce_flags.smca) {
+			msr_ops.ctl	= smca_ctl_reg;
+			msr_ops.status	= smca_status_reg;
+			msr_ops.addr	= smca_addr_reg;
+			msr_ops.misc	= smca_misc_reg;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void __mcheck_cpu_init_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	switch (c->x86_vendor) {
@@ -1704,21 +1723,7 @@ static void __mcheck_cpu_init_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		break;
 
 	case X86_VENDOR_AMD: {
-		mce_flags.overflow_recov = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV);
-		mce_flags.succor	 = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SUCCOR);
-		mce_flags.smca		 = !!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMCA);
-
-		/*
-		 * Install proper ops for Scalable MCA enabled processors
-		 */
-		if (mce_flags.smca) {
-			msr_ops.ctl	= smca_ctl_reg;
-			msr_ops.status	= smca_status_reg;
-			msr_ops.addr	= smca_addr_reg;
-			msr_ops.misc	= smca_misc_reg;
-		}
 		mce_amd_feature_init(c);
-
 		break;
 		}
 
@@ -1804,6 +1809,7 @@ void mcheck_cpu_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 	machine_check_vector = do_machine_check;
 
+	__mcheck_cpu_init_early(c);
 	__mcheck_cpu_init_generic();
 	__mcheck_cpu_init_vendor(c);
 	__mcheck_cpu_init_clear_banks();