diff --git a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/timestamp_serialized.h b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/timestamp_serialized.h
index 300aa2a37e..75bcccadf3 100644
--- a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/timestamp_serialized.h
+++ b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/timestamp_serialized.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ enum timestamp_id {
 	TS_END_POSTCAR = 101,
 	TS_DELAY_START = 110,
 	TS_DELAY_END = 111,
+	TS_READ_UCODE_START = 112,
+	TS_READ_UCODE_END = 113,
 
 	/* 500+ reserved for vendorcode extensions (500-600: google/chromeos) */
 	TS_START_COPYVER = 501,
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ static const struct timestamp_id_to_name {
 	{ TS_SELFBOOT_JUMP,	"selfboot jump" },
 	{ TS_DELAY_START,	"Forced delay start" },
 	{ TS_DELAY_END,		"Forced delay end" },
+	{ TS_READ_UCODE_START,	"started reading uCode" },
+	{ TS_READ_UCODE_END,	"finished reading uCode" },
 
 	{ TS_START_COPYVER,	"starting to load verstage" },
 	{ TS_END_COPYVER,	"finished loading verstage" },
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
index 6d910e7d82..045f9beeec 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/update_microcode.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <cpu/x86/msr.h>
 #include <cpu/amd/msr.h>
 #include <cbfs.h>
+#include <timestamp.h>
 
 _Static_assert(CONFIG_SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_UCODE_SIZE > 0,
 	       "SOC_AMD_COMMON_BLOCK_UCODE_SIZE is not set");
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ void amd_update_microcode_from_cbfs(void)
 
 	/* Cache the buffer so each CPU doesn't need to read the uCode from flash */
 	if (!cache_valid) {
+		timestamp_add_now(TS_READ_UCODE_START);
 		ucode_list = cbfs_map("cpu_microcode_blob.bin", &ucode_len);
 		if (!ucode_list) {
 			printk(BIOS_WARNING, "cpu_microcode_blob.bin not found. Skipping updates.\n");
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ void amd_update_microcode_from_cbfs(void)
 		cache_valid = true;
 
 		cbfs_unmap(ucode_list);
+
+		timestamp_add_now(TS_READ_UCODE_END);
 	}
 
 	apply_microcode_patch(&ucode_cache);