diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
index 01b328b4bf..1428bdbd9e 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
@@ -43,4 +43,14 @@ mrc.bin-position := 0xfffe0000
 endif
 mrc.bin-type := 0xab
 
+$(obj)/mrc.cache:
+	dd if=/dev/zero count=1 \
+	bs=$(shell printf "%d" $(CONFIG_MRC_CACHE_SIZE) ) | \
+	tr '\000' '\377' > $@
+
+cbfs-files-$(CONFIG_HAVE_MRC) += mrc.cache
+mrc.cache-file := $(obj)/mrc.cache
+mrc.cache-position := 0xfff80000
+mrc.cache-type := 0xac
+
 $(obj)/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/acpi.ramstage.o : $(obj)/build.h
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/mrccache.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/mrccache.c
index 745958abe9..e19d2c5a8d 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/mrccache.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/mrccache.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static u32 get_mrc_cache_region(struct mrc_data_container **mrc_region_ptr)
 	region_size =  find_fmap_entry("RW_MRC_CACHE", (void **)mrc_region_ptr);
 #else
 	region_size = CONFIG_MRC_CACHE_SIZE;
-	*mrc_region_ptr = (struct mrc_data_container *)
-		(CONFIG_MRC_CACHE_BASE + CONFIG_MRC_CACHE_LOCATION);
+	*mrc_region_ptr = cbfs_get_file_content(CBFS_DEFAULT_MEDIA,
+			"mrc.cache", 0xac);
 #endif
 
 	return region_size;