diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
index 4d7ec7df7de2..6aee50d655d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct amd_northbridge_info {
 extern struct amd_northbridge_info amd_northbridges;
 
 #define AMD_NB_GART			0x1
+#define AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE		0x2
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AMD_NB
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
index 63c8b4f2c1ad..affacb5e0065 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ int amd_cache_northbridges(void)
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0x15)
 		amd_northbridges.flags |= AMD_NB_GART;
 
+	/*
+	 * Some CPU families support L3 Cache Index Disable. There are some
+	 * limitations because of E382 and E388 on family 0x10.
+	 */
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0x10 &&
+	    boot_cpu_data.x86_model >= 0x8 &&
+	    (boot_cpu_data.x86_model > 0x9 ||
+	     boot_cpu_data.x86_mask >= 0x1))
+		amd_northbridges.flags |= AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(amd_cache_northbridges);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 6b8ea7434972..9ecf81f9b90f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ union _cpuid4_leaf_ecx {
 };
 
 struct amd_l3_cache {
-	struct	 pci_dev *dev;
-	bool	 can_disable;
+	struct	 amd_northbridge *nb;
 	unsigned indices;
 	u8	 subcaches[4];
 };
@@ -311,14 +310,12 @@ struct _cache_attr {
 /*
  * L3 cache descriptors
  */
-static struct amd_l3_cache **__cpuinitdata l3_caches;
-
 static void __cpuinit amd_calc_l3_indices(struct amd_l3_cache *l3)
 {
 	unsigned int sc0, sc1, sc2, sc3;
 	u32 val = 0;
 
-	pci_read_config_dword(l3->dev, 0x1C4, &val);
+	pci_read_config_dword(l3->nb->misc, 0x1C4, &val);
 
 	/* calculate subcache sizes */
 	l3->subcaches[0] = sc0 = !(val & BIT(0));
@@ -330,47 +327,14 @@ static void __cpuinit amd_calc_l3_indices(struct amd_l3_cache *l3)
 	l3->indices = (max(max3(sc0, sc1, sc2), sc3) << 10) - 1;
 }
 
-static struct amd_l3_cache * __cpuinit amd_init_l3_cache(int node)
-{
-	struct amd_l3_cache *l3;
-	struct pci_dev *dev = node_to_amd_nb(node)->misc;
-
-	l3 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!l3) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error allocating L3 struct\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	l3->dev = dev;
-
-	amd_calc_l3_indices(l3);
-
-	return l3;
-}
-
-static void __cpuinit amd_check_l3_disable(struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf,
-					   int index)
+static void __cpuinit amd_init_l3_cache(struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf,
+					int index)
 {
+	static struct amd_l3_cache *__cpuinitdata l3_caches;
 	int node;
 
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 != 0x10)
-		return;
-
-	if (index < 3)
-		return;
-
-	/* see errata #382 and #388 */
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model < 0x8)
-		return;
-
-	if ((boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x8 ||
-	     boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x9)
-		&&
-	     boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 0x1)
-			return;
-
-	/* not in virtualized environments */
-	if (amd_nb_num() == 0)
+	/* only for L3, and not in virtualized environments */
+	if (index < 3 || amd_nb_num() == 0)
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -378,7 +342,7 @@ static void __cpuinit amd_check_l3_disable(struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf,
 	 * never freed but this is done only on shutdown so it doesn't matter.
 	 */
 	if (!l3_caches) {
-		int size = amd_nb_num() * sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache *);
+		int size = amd_nb_num() * sizeof(struct amd_l3_cache);
 
 		l3_caches = kzalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!l3_caches)
@@ -387,14 +351,12 @@ static void __cpuinit amd_check_l3_disable(struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf,
 
 	node = amd_get_nb_id(smp_processor_id());
 
-	if (!l3_caches[node]) {
-		l3_caches[node] = amd_init_l3_cache(node);
-		l3_caches[node]->can_disable = true;
+	if (!l3_caches[node].nb) {
+		l3_caches[node].nb = node_to_amd_nb(node);
+		amd_calc_l3_indices(&l3_caches[node]);
 	}
 
-	WARN_ON(!l3_caches[node]);
-
-	this_leaf->l3 = l3_caches[node];
+	this_leaf->l3 = &l3_caches[node];
 }
 
 /*
@@ -408,7 +370,7 @@ int amd_get_l3_disable_slot(struct amd_l3_cache *l3, unsigned slot)
 {
 	unsigned int reg = 0;
 
-	pci_read_config_dword(l3->dev, 0x1BC + slot * 4, &reg);
+	pci_read_config_dword(l3->nb->misc, 0x1BC + slot * 4, &reg);
 
 	/* check whether this slot is activated already */
 	if (reg & (3UL << 30))
@@ -422,7 +384,8 @@ static ssize_t show_cache_disable(struct _cpuid4_info *this_leaf, char *buf,
 {
 	int index;
 
-	if (!this_leaf->l3 || !this_leaf->l3->can_disable)
+	if (!this_leaf->l3 ||
+	    !amd_nb_has_feature(AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	index = amd_get_l3_disable_slot(this_leaf->l3, slot);
@@ -457,7 +420,7 @@ static void amd_l3_disable_index(struct amd_l3_cache *l3, int cpu,
 		if (!l3->subcaches[i])
 			continue;
 
-		pci_write_config_dword(l3->dev, 0x1BC + slot * 4, reg);
+		pci_write_config_dword(l3->nb->misc, 0x1BC + slot * 4, reg);
 
 		/*
 		 * We need to WBINVD on a core on the node containing the L3
@@ -467,7 +430,7 @@ static void amd_l3_disable_index(struct amd_l3_cache *l3, int cpu,
 		wbinvd_on_cpu(cpu);
 
 		reg |= BIT(31);
-		pci_write_config_dword(l3->dev, 0x1BC + slot * 4, reg);
+		pci_write_config_dword(l3->nb->misc, 0x1BC + slot * 4, reg);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -524,7 +487,8 @@ static ssize_t store_cache_disable(struct _cpuid4_info *this_leaf,
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!this_leaf->l3 || !this_leaf->l3->can_disable)
+	if (!this_leaf->l3 ||
+	    !amd_nb_has_feature(AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cpu = cpumask_first(to_cpumask(this_leaf->shared_cpu_map));
@@ -545,7 +509,7 @@ static ssize_t store_cache_disable(struct _cpuid4_info *this_leaf,
 #define STORE_CACHE_DISABLE(slot)					\
 static ssize_t								\
 store_cache_disable_##slot(struct _cpuid4_info *this_leaf,		\
-			    const char *buf, size_t count)		\
+			   const char *buf, size_t count)		\
 {									\
 	return store_cache_disable(this_leaf, buf, count, slot);	\
 }
@@ -558,10 +522,7 @@ static struct _cache_attr cache_disable_1 = __ATTR(cache_disable_1, 0644,
 		show_cache_disable_1, store_cache_disable_1);
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_AMD_NB */
-static void __cpuinit
-amd_check_l3_disable(struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf, int index)
-{
-};
+#define amd_init_l3_cache(x, y)
 #endif /* CONFIG_AMD_NB */
 
 static int
@@ -575,7 +536,7 @@ __cpuinit cpuid4_cache_lookup_regs(int index,
 
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
 		amd_cpuid4(index, &eax, &ebx, &ecx);
-		amd_check_l3_disable(this_leaf, index);
+		amd_init_l3_cache(this_leaf, index);
 	} else {
 		cpuid_count(4, index, &eax.full, &ebx.full, &ecx.full, &edx);
 	}
@@ -983,30 +944,48 @@ define_one_ro(size);
 define_one_ro(shared_cpu_map);
 define_one_ro(shared_cpu_list);
 
-#define DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS	\
-	&type.attr,			\
-	&level.attr,			\
-	&coherency_line_size.attr,	\
-	&physical_line_partition.attr,	\
-	&ways_of_associativity.attr,	\
-	&number_of_sets.attr,		\
-	&size.attr,			\
-	&shared_cpu_map.attr,		\
-	&shared_cpu_list.attr
-
 static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
-	DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS,
+	&type.attr,
+	&level.attr,
+	&coherency_line_size.attr,
+	&physical_line_partition.attr,
+	&ways_of_associativity.attr,
+	&number_of_sets.attr,
+	&size.attr,
+	&shared_cpu_map.attr,
+	&shared_cpu_list.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
-static struct attribute *default_l3_attrs[] = {
-	DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS,
 #ifdef CONFIG_AMD_NB
-	&cache_disable_0.attr,
-	&cache_disable_1.attr,
+static struct attribute ** __cpuinit amd_l3_attrs(void)
+{
+	static struct attribute **attrs;
+	int n;
+
+	if (attrs)
+		return attrs;
+
+	n = sizeof (default_attrs) / sizeof (struct attribute *);
+
+	if (amd_nb_has_feature(AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE))
+		n += 2;
+
+	attrs = kzalloc(n * sizeof (struct attribute *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (attrs == NULL)
+		return attrs = default_attrs;
+
+	for (n = 0; default_attrs[n]; n++)
+		attrs[n] = default_attrs[n];
+
+	if (amd_nb_has_feature(AMD_NB_L3_INDEX_DISABLE)) {
+		attrs[n++] = &cache_disable_0.attr;
+		attrs[n++] = &cache_disable_1.attr;
+	}
+
+	return attrs;
+}
 #endif
-	NULL
-};
 
 static ssize_t show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -1117,11 +1096,11 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 
 		this_leaf = CPUID4_INFO_IDX(cpu, i);
 
-		if (this_leaf->l3 && this_leaf->l3->can_disable)
-			ktype_cache.default_attrs = default_l3_attrs;
-		else
-			ktype_cache.default_attrs = default_attrs;
-
+		ktype_cache.default_attrs = default_attrs;
+#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_NB
+		if (this_leaf->l3)
+			ktype_cache.default_attrs = amd_l3_attrs();
+#endif
 		retval = kobject_init_and_add(&(this_object->kobj),
 					      &ktype_cache,
 					      per_cpu(ici_cache_kobject, cpu),