diff --git a/src/soc/amd/cezanne/Kconfig b/src/soc/amd/cezanne/Kconfig
index 5da70f4e0b..b58e45398e 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/cezanne/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/amd/cezanne/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ config SOC_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select IDT_IN_EVERY_STAGE
 	select IOAPIC
 	select PARALLEL_MP_AP_WORK
+	select PAYLOAD_PRELOAD
 	select PLATFORM_USES_FSP2_0
 	select PROVIDES_ROM_SHARING
 	select RESET_VECTOR_IN_RAM
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/cezanne/fsp_s_params.c b/src/soc/amd/cezanne/fsp_s_params.c
index 96dc61bf80..60f3942802 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/cezanne/fsp_s_params.c
+++ b/src/soc/amd/cezanne/fsp_s_params.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
+#include <acpi/acpi.h>
 #include <amdblocks/apob_cache.h>
 #include <device/pci.h>
 #include <fsp/api.h>
+#include <program_loading.h>
 
 static void fsp_assign_vbios_upds(FSP_S_CONFIG *scfg)
 {
@@ -22,4 +24,18 @@ void platform_fsp_silicon_init_params_cb(FSPS_UPD *supd)
 	 * no SPI operations, we can read the APOB while FSP-S executes.
 	 */
 	start_apob_cache_read();
+	/*
+	 * We enqueue the payload to be loaded after the APOB. This might cause a bit of
+	 * bus contention when loading uCode and OPROMs, but since those calls happen at
+	 * different points in the boot state machine it's a little harder to sequence all the
+	 * async loading correctly. So in order to keep the complexity down, we enqueue the
+	 * payload preload here. The end goal will be to add uCode and OPROM preloading
+	 * before the payload so that the sequencing is correct.
+	 *
+	 * While FSP-S is executing, it's not currently possible to enqueue other transactions
+	 * because FSP-S doesn't call `thread_yield()`. So the payload will start loading
+	 * right after FSP-S completes.
+	 */
+	if (!acpi_is_wakeup_s3())
+		payload_preload();
 }
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/Kconfig b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/Kconfig
index 79e011fadd..11b6c8ccdb 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ config MEMLAYOUT_LD_FILE
 	string
 	default "src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout.ld"
 
+config PAYLOAD_PRELOAD_CACHE_SIZE
+	hex
+	default 0x30000
+	depends on PAYLOAD_PRELOAD
+	help
+	  This config sets the size of the payload_preload_cache memory region.
+	  It is used as the destination for the raw payload. This space is only
+	  populated during non-S3, so it doesn't need to be reserved in the
+	  EARLY_RESERVED_DRAM region.
+
 endif # SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_NONCAR
 
 config SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_MCA_COMMON
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
index e5044e6d43..59631f3ada 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	EARLY_RESERVED_DRAM_END(.)
 
+#if CONFIG(PAYLOAD_PRELOAD)
+        /*
+         * This section is outside the early_reserved_dram section. We only read
+         * the payload on non-S3 boots, so we don't need to reserve it from the
+         * OS. The 64 byte alignment is required by the SPI DMA controller.
+         */
+        . = ALIGN(64);
+        REGION(payload_preload_cache, ., CONFIG_PAYLOAD_PRELOAD_CACHE_SIZE, 64)
+#endif
+
 	RAMSTAGE(CONFIG_RAMBASE, 8M)
 }