diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index d41815265a0b..4903a03ae876 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/dma.h>		/* for MAX_DMA_PFN */
+#include <asm/microcode.h>
 
 #include "mm_internal.h"
 
@@ -534,6 +535,15 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY
+	/*
+	 * Remember, initrd memory may contain microcode or other useful things.
+	 * Before we lose initrd mem, we need to find a place to hold them
+	 * now that normal virtual memory is enabled.
+	 */
+	save_microcode_in_initrd();
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * end could be not aligned, and We can not align that,
 	 * decompresser could be confused by aligned initrd_end