diff --git a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/include/soc/pm.h b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/include/soc/pm.h
index 18004fa77d..343cf2ba68 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/include/soc/pm.h
+++ b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/include/soc/pm.h
@@ -155,4 +155,7 @@ void disable_gpe(uint32_t mask);
 /* Return the selected ACPI SCI IRQ */
 int acpi_sci_irq(void);
 
+/* Return non-zero when RTC failure happened. */
+int rtc_failure(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/lpc.c b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/lpc.c
index ac80cbeb0d..d502e956e3 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/lpc.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/lpc.c
@@ -180,18 +180,7 @@ static void pch_power_options(device_t dev)
 
 static void pch_rtc_init(struct device *dev)
 {
-	u8 reg8;
-	int rtc_failed;
-
-	reg8 = pci_read_config8(dev, GEN_PMCON_3);
-	rtc_failed = reg8 & RTC_BATTERY_DEAD;
-	if (rtc_failed) {
-		reg8 &= ~RTC_BATTERY_DEAD;
-		pci_write_config8(dev, GEN_PMCON_3, reg8);
-		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "rtc_failed = 0x%x\n", rtc_failed);
-	}
-
-	cmos_init(rtc_failed);
+	cmos_init(rtc_failure());
 }
 
 static const struct reg_script pch_misc_init_script[] = {
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pmutil.c b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pmutil.c
index 43c4744945..7cf184ee05 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pmutil.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pmutil.c
@@ -446,3 +446,20 @@ int acpi_sci_irq(void)
 	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "SCI is IRQ%d\n", sci_irq);
 	return sci_irq;
 }
+
+int rtc_failure(void)
+{
+	u8 reg8;
+	int rtc_failed;
+	device_t dev = PCH_DEV_LPC;
+
+	reg8 = pci_read_config8(dev, GEN_PMCON_3);
+	rtc_failed = reg8 & RTC_BATTERY_DEAD;
+	if (rtc_failed) {
+		reg8 &= ~RTC_BATTERY_DEAD;
+		pci_write_config8(dev, GEN_PMCON_3, reg8);
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "rtc_failed = 0x%x\n", rtc_failed);
+	}
+
+	return !!rtc_failed;
+}