diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cc25c2b4a567..deb5b1806533 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ 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 6de9a908e400..eb19c0800044 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 display_cacheinfo(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 2f12d6dc012e..6a77ccaed1aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ 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);
 		}
 	}