diff --git a/src/cpu/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
index ec2f19fd18..9f1e6c4bf5 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ $(obj)/cpu_microcode_blob.bin: $$(wildcard $$(cpu_microcode_bins))
 
 cpu_microcode_blob.bin-file ?= $(obj)/cpu_microcode_blob.bin
 cpu_microcode_blob.bin-type := microcode
+# The AMD LPC SPI DMA controller requires source files to be 64 byte aligned.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_LPC_SPI_DMA),y)
+cpu_microcode_blob.bin-align := 64
+else
 cpu_microcode_blob.bin-align := 16
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_LOC),)
 cpu_microcode_blob.bin-COREBOOT-position := $(CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_LOC)
diff --git a/src/include/cpu/amd/microcode.h b/src/include/cpu/amd/microcode.h
index 800661b797..74075944bb 100644
--- a/src/include/cpu/amd/microcode.h
+++ b/src/include/cpu/amd/microcode.h
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #define CPU_AMD_MICROCODE_H
 
 void amd_update_microcode_from_cbfs(void);
+void preload_microcode(void);
 
 #endif /* CPU_AMD_MICROCODE_H */
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
index e6a57f5c99..33b244d192 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <cbfs.h>
 #include <timestamp.h>
 
+#define CPU_MICROCODE_BLOB_NAME "cpu_microcode_blob.bin"
+
 _Static_assert(CONFIG_SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_UCODE_SIZE > 0,
 	       "SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_UCODE_SIZE is not set");
 
@@ -97,9 +99,10 @@ void amd_update_microcode_from_cbfs(void)
 	/* Cache the buffer so each CPU doesn't need to read the uCode from flash */
 	if (!cache_valid) {
 		timestamp_add_now(TS_READ_UCODE_START);
-		ucode_list = cbfs_map("cpu_microcode_blob.bin", &ucode_len);
+		ucode_list = cbfs_map(CPU_MICROCODE_BLOB_NAME, &ucode_len);
 		if (!ucode_list) {
-			printk(BIOS_WARNING, "cpu_microcode_blob.bin not found. Skipping updates.\n");
+			printk(BIOS_WARNING,
+			       CPU_MICROCODE_BLOB_NAME " not found. Skipping updates.\n");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -120,3 +123,12 @@ void amd_update_microcode_from_cbfs(void)
 
 	apply_microcode_patch(&ucode_cache);
 }
+
+void preload_microcode(void)
+{
+	if (!CONFIG(CBFS_PRELOAD))
+		return;
+
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Preloading microcode %s\n", CPU_MICROCODE_BLOB_NAME);
+	cbfs_preload(CPU_MICROCODE_BLOB_NAME);
+}