diff --git a/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c b/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
index 9ee5db49f0..f48e46aa80 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
+++ b/src/arch/x86/boot/cbmem.c
@@ -34,10 +34,23 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) backup_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop)
 	/* Do nothing. Chipset may have implementation to save ramtop in NVRAM. */
 }
 
+static void *ramtop_pointer;
+
 void set_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop)
 {
 	backup_top_of_ram(ramtop);
-	cbmem_set_top((void*)(uintptr_t)ramtop);
+	ramtop_pointer = (void *)(uintptr_t)ramtop;
+	cbmem_set_top(ramtop_pointer);
+}
+
+static inline void *saved_ramtop(void)
+{
+	return ramtop_pointer;
+}
+#else
+static inline void *saved_ramtop(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
 }
 #endif /* !__PRE_RAM__ */
 
@@ -50,6 +63,11 @@ unsigned long __attribute__((weak)) get_top_of_ram(void)
 void *cbmem_top(void)
 {
 	/* Top of cbmem is at lowest usable DRAM address below 4GiB. */
+	void *ptr = saved_ramtop();
+
+	if (ptr != NULL)
+		return ptr;
+
 	return (void *)get_top_of_ram();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/cbmem.h b/src/include/cbmem.h
index 20cc174d05..0a7ca89cd4 100644
--- a/src/include/cbmem.h
+++ b/src/include/cbmem.h
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ void cbmem_list(void);
  * early features like COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS and CBMEM_CONSOLE.
  */
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_X86) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LATE_CBMEM_INIT)
+/* Note that many of the current providers of get_top_of_ram() conditionally
+ * return 0 when the sleep type is non S3. i.e. cold and warm boots would
+ * return 0 from get_top_of_ram(). */
 unsigned long get_top_of_ram(void);
 void set_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop);
 void backup_top_of_ram(uint64_t ramtop);