diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index eb4092568f9e..ddb52b8d38a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ config GART_IOMMU
 	bool "GART IOMMU support" if EMBEDDED
 	default y
 	select SWIOTLB
-	depends on X86_64 && PCI
+	depends on X86_64 && PCI && K8_NB
 	---help---
 	  Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
 	  on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ endif # X86_32
 
 config K8_NB
 	def_bool y
-	depends on AGP_AMD64 || (X86_64 && (GART_IOMMU || (PCI && NUMA)))
+	depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
 
 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
index cbc4332a77b2..9b895464dd03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
@@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ void k8_flush_garts(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(k8_flush_garts);
 
+static __init int init_k8_nbs(void)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = cache_k8_northbridges();
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "K8 NB: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges.\n");
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* This has to go after the PCI subsystem */
+fs_initcall(init_k8_nbs);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
index 34de53b46f87..f3af115a573a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int __init gart_iommu_init(void)
 	unsigned long scratch;
 	long i;
 
-	if (cache_k8_northbridges() < 0 || num_k8_northbridges == 0)
+	if (num_k8_northbridges == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_AGP_AMD64
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig b/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
index 2fb3a480f6b0..4b66c69eaf57 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config AGP_AMD
 
 config AGP_AMD64
 	tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support"
-	depends on AGP && X86
+	depends on AGP && X86 && K8_NB
 	help
 	  This option gives you AGP support for the GLX component of
 	  X using the on-CPU northbridge of the AMD Athlon64/Opteron CPUs.