diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
index 7580d8d50c..5aaf932042 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
@@ -78,3 +78,12 @@ config VBOOT_DYNAMIC_WORK_BUFFER
 	  ram to allocate the vboot work buffer. That means vboot verification
 	  is after memory init and requires main memory to back the work
 	  buffer.
+
+config VBOOT_SAVE_RECOVERY_REASON_ON_REBOOT
+	bool
+	default n
+	depends on VBOOT_VERIFY_FIRMWARE
+	help
+	  This option ensures that the recovery request is not lost because of
+	  reboots caused after vboot verification is run. e.g. reboots caused by
+	  FSP components on Intel platforms.
diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/misc.h b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/misc.h
index ca64b378df..9b771a24e3 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/misc.h
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/misc.h
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ int vb2_logic_executed(void);
 /* Store the selected region in cbmem for later use. */
 void vb2_store_selected_region(void);
 
+void vb2_save_recovery_reason_vbnv(void);
+
 #endif /* __CHROMEOS_VBOOT2_MISC_H__ */
diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/recovery.c b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/recovery.c
index 2cd5e806ea..94a8cc3f37 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/recovery.c
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/recovery.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <bootstate.h>
 #include <rules.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <vb2_api.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,39 @@ static int vb2_get_recovery_reason_shared_data(void)
 	return sd->recovery_reason;
 }
 
+void vb2_save_recovery_reason_vbnv(void)
+{
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VBOOT_SAVE_RECOVERY_REASON_ON_REBOOT))
+		return;
+
+	int reason =  vb2_get_recovery_reason_shared_data();
+	if (!reason)
+		return;
+
+	set_recovery_mode_into_vbnv(reason);
+}
+
+static void vb2_clear_recovery_reason_vbnv(void *unused)
+{
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VBOOT_SAVE_RECOVERY_REASON_ON_REBOOT))
+		return;
+
+	set_recovery_mode_into_vbnv(0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Recovery reason stored in VBNV needs to be cleared before the state of VBNV
+ * is backed-up anywhere or jumping to the payload (whichever occurs
+ * first). Currently, vbnv_cmos.c backs up VBNV on POST_DEVICE. Thus, we need to
+ * make sure that the stored recovery reason is cleared off before that
+ * happens.
+ * IMPORTANT: Any reboot occurring after BS_DEV_INIT state will cause loss of
+ * recovery reason on reboot. Until now, we have seen reboots occuring on x86
+ * only in FSP stages which run before BS_DEV_INIT.
+ */
+BOOT_STATE_INIT_ENTRY(BS_DEV_INIT, BS_ON_EXIT,
+		      vb2_clear_recovery_reason_vbnv, NULL);
+
 /*
  * Returns 0 for the stages where we know that cbmem does not come online.
  * Even if this function returns 1 for romstage, depending upon the point in
diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/vboot_loader.c b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/vboot_loader.c
index 7541518f13..b76d20bebe 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/vboot_loader.c
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/vboot_loader.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static void vboot_prepare(void)
 	if (verification_should_run()) {
 		verstage_main();
 		car_set_var(vboot_executed, 1);
+		vb2_save_recovery_reason_vbnv();
 	} else if (verstage_should_load()) {
 		struct cbfsf file;
 		struct prog verstage =