diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/butterfly/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/butterfly/romstage.c
index 67e509ebee..b7ec01107d 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/butterfly/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/butterfly/romstage.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/link/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/link/romstage.c
index 1aa309a4fa..1e4b42c393 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/link/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/link/romstage.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/parrot/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/parrot/romstage.c
index 2fe61d6449..b6bacaedfe 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/parrot/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/parrot/romstage.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/stout/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/stout/romstage.c
index a0700af2eb..a775e69cdf 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/stout/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/stout/romstage.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/intel/emeraldlake2/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/intel/emeraldlake2/romstage.c
index f116668833..3534700236 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/intel/emeraldlake2/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/intel/emeraldlake2/romstage.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/kontron/ktqm77/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/kontron/ktqm77/romstage.c
index 773079d4e8..15c10b29ba 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/kontron/ktqm77/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/kontron/ktqm77/romstage.c
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/samsung/lumpy/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/samsung/lumpy/romstage.c
index a4f0c4291f..1f4fd02574 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/samsung/lumpy/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/samsung/lumpy/romstage.c
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/mainboard/samsung/stumpy/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/samsung/stumpy/romstage.c
index ee715e7a95..7630c05549 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/samsung/stumpy/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/samsung/stumpy/romstage.c
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ void main(unsigned long bist)
 
 	MCHBAR16(SSKPD) = 0xCAFE;
 	cbmem_was_initted = !cbmem_initialize();
+	if (boot_mode!=2)
+		save_mrc_data(&pei_data);
 
 #if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
 	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
index 3b6557199f..b9c3839e15 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define CMOS_OFFSET_MRC_SEED_CHK 160
 #endif
 
-static void save_mrc_data(struct pei_data *pei_data)
+void save_mrc_data(struct pei_data *pei_data)
 {
 	u16 c1, c2, checksum;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static void save_mrc_data(struct pei_data *pei_data)
 	int output_len = ALIGN(pei_data->mrc_output_len, 16);
 
 	/* Save the MRC S3 restore data to cbmem */
-	cbmem_initialize();
 	mrcdata = cbmem_add
 		(CBMEM_ID_MRCDATA,
 		 output_len + sizeof(struct mrc_data_container));
@@ -297,8 +296,4 @@ void sdram_initialize(struct pei_data *pei_data)
 
 	post_system_agent_init(pei_data);
 	report_memory_config();
-
-	/* S3 resume: don't save scrambler seed or MRC data */
-	if (pei_data->boot_mode != 2)
-		save_mrc_data(pei_data);
 }
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.h b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.h
index 2e9b1f32f4..c3b1c2a782 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.h
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct sys_info {
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 void sdram_initialize(struct pei_data *pei_data);
+void save_mrc_data(struct pei_data *pei_data);
 int fixup_sandybridge_errata(void);
 
 #endif				/* RAMINIT_H */