diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 7fc27f1cca586a1752d95fa73c612db03db78437..b3e94ef461fddcea5c6d5696eb012b6c9c89edc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -698,3 +698,4 @@ int __init microcode_init(void)
 	return error;
 
 }
+late_initcall(microcode_init);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 29db25f9a745ee11d23867cc974438817a6e5b15..d2bbe343fda74a87307675b3a65704e2cc96769b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1250,8 +1250,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	if (efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT))
 		efi_apply_memmap_quirks();
 #endif
-
-	microcode_init();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32