diff --git a/src/include/cbmem.h b/src/include/cbmem.h
index b548cd9559..7e1da17b98 100644
--- a/src/include/cbmem.h
+++ b/src/include/cbmem.h
@@ -155,4 +155,18 @@ static inline int cbmem_possibly_online(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* Returns 1 after running cbmem init hooks, 0 otherwise. */
+static inline int cbmem_online(void)
+{
+	extern int cbmem_initialized;
+
+	if (!cbmem_possibly_online())
+		return 0;
+
+	if (ENV_ROMSTAGE)
+		return cbmem_initialized;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* _CBMEM_H_ */
diff --git a/src/lib/imd_cbmem.c b/src/lib/imd_cbmem.c
index 7638e0e578..4b7c4120b0 100644
--- a/src/lib/imd_cbmem.c
+++ b/src/lib/imd_cbmem.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ void *cbmem_top(void)
 	dead_code();
 }
 
+int cbmem_initialized;
+
 static inline const struct cbmem_entry *imd_to_cbmem(const struct imd_entry *e)
 {
 	return (const struct cbmem_entry *)e;
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ void cbmem_initialize_empty_id_size(u32 id, u64 size)
 
 	/* Complete migration to CBMEM. */
 	cbmem_run_init_hooks(no_recovery);
+
+	cbmem_initialized = 1;
 }
 
 int cbmem_initialize(void)
@@ -112,6 +116,8 @@ int cbmem_initialize_id_size(u32 id, u64 size)
 	/* Complete migration to CBMEM. */
 	cbmem_run_init_hooks(recovery);
 
+	cbmem_initialized = 1;
+
 	/* Recovery successful. */
 	return 0;
 }