diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 490dac63c2d2..f2f9ac7da25c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+void __cpuinit get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 tfms, xlvl;
 	u32 ebx;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index 3624e8a0f71b..f668bb1f7d43 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ extern const struct cpu_dev *const __x86_cpu_dev_start[],
 			    *const __x86_cpu_dev_end[];
 
 extern void cpu_detect_cache_sizes(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
+extern void get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 85f69cdeae10..b4389441efbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			misc_enable &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_LIMIT_CPUID;
 			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, misc_enable);
 			c->cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
+			get_cpu_cap(c);
 		}
 	}