diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
index b6a010ea32..0e90a38dc5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_QUEENSBAY) += queensbay/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TANGIER) += tangier/
 obj-$(CONFIG_APIC) += lapic.o ioapic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)X86_32BIT_INIT) += irq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QFW) += qfw_cpu.o
 ifndef CONFIG_$(SPL_)X86_64
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += mp_init.o
 endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c b/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
index fefbf8f728..7b09f90cd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
@@ -418,69 +418,6 @@ static int init_bsp(struct udevice **devp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_QFW
-static int qemu_cpu_fixup(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	int cpu_num;
-	int cpu_online;
-	struct udevice *dev, *pdev;
-	struct cpu_platdata *plat;
-	char *cpu;
-
-	/* first we need to find '/cpus' */
-	for (device_find_first_child(dm_root(), &pdev);
-	     pdev;
-	     device_find_next_child(&pdev)) {
-		if (!strcmp(pdev->name, "cpus"))
-			break;
-	}
-	if (!pdev) {
-		printf("unable to find cpus device\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	/* calculate cpus that are already bound */
-	cpu_num = 0;
-	for (uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_CPU, &dev);
-	     dev;
-	     uclass_find_next_device(&dev)) {
-		cpu_num++;
-	}
-
-	/* get actual cpu number */
-	cpu_online = qemu_fwcfg_online_cpus();
-	if (cpu_online < 0) {
-		printf("unable to get online cpu number: %d\n", cpu_online);
-		return cpu_online;
-	}
-
-	/* bind addtional cpus */
-	dev = NULL;
-	for (; cpu_num < cpu_online; cpu_num++) {
-		/*
-		 * allocate device name here as device_bind_driver() does
-		 * not copy device name, 8 bytes are enough for
-		 * sizeof("cpu@") + 3 digits cpu number + '\0'
-		 */
-		cpu = malloc(8);
-		if (!cpu) {
-			printf("unable to allocate device name\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		sprintf(cpu, "cpu@%d", cpu_num);
-		ret = device_bind_driver(pdev, "cpu_qemu", cpu, &dev);
-		if (ret) {
-			printf("binding cpu@%d failed: %d\n", cpu_num, ret);
-			return ret;
-		}
-		plat = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
-		plat->cpu_id = cpu_num;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 int mp_init(struct mp_params *p)
 {
 	int num_aps;
@@ -494,11 +431,11 @@ int mp_init(struct mp_params *p)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_QFW
-	ret = qemu_cpu_fixup();
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-#endif
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_QFW)) {
+		ret = qemu_cpu_fixup();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = init_bsp(&cpu);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/qfw_cpu.c b/arch/x86/cpu/qfw_cpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49e9dfcf69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/qfw_cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Google, Inc
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <cpu.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <qfw.h>
+#include <dm/lists.h>
+#include <dm/uclass-internal.h>
+#include <dm/root.h>
+
+int qemu_cpu_fixup(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int cpu_num;
+	int cpu_online;
+	struct udevice *dev, *pdev;
+	struct cpu_platdata *plat;
+	char *cpu;
+
+	/* first we need to find '/cpus' */
+	for (device_find_first_child(dm_root(), &pdev);
+	     pdev;
+	     device_find_next_child(&pdev)) {
+		if (!strcmp(pdev->name, "cpus"))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (!pdev) {
+		printf("unable to find cpus device\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	/* calculate cpus that are already bound */
+	cpu_num = 0;
+	for (uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_CPU, &dev);
+	     dev;
+	     uclass_find_next_device(&dev)) {
+		cpu_num++;
+	}
+
+	/* get actual cpu number */
+	cpu_online = qemu_fwcfg_online_cpus();
+	if (cpu_online < 0) {
+		printf("unable to get online cpu number: %d\n", cpu_online);
+		return cpu_online;
+	}
+
+	/* bind addtional cpus */
+	dev = NULL;
+	for (; cpu_num < cpu_online; cpu_num++) {
+		/*
+		 * allocate device name here as device_bind_driver() does
+		 * not copy device name, 8 bytes are enough for
+		 * sizeof("cpu@") + 3 digits cpu number + '\0'
+		 */
+		cpu = malloc(8);
+		if (!cpu) {
+			printf("unable to allocate device name\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		sprintf(cpu, "cpu@%d", cpu_num);
+		ret = device_bind_driver(pdev, "cpu_qemu", cpu, &dev);
+		if (ret) {
+			printf("binding cpu@%d failed: %d\n", cpu_num, ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		plat = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
+		plat->cpu_id = cpu_num;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/qfw.h b/include/qfw.h
index 2f1a20416f..cea8e11d44 100644
--- a/include/qfw.h
+++ b/include/qfw.h
@@ -172,4 +172,12 @@ bool qemu_fwcfg_file_iter_end(struct fw_cfg_file_iter *iter);
 bool qemu_fwcfg_present(void);
 bool qemu_fwcfg_dma_present(void);
 
+/**
+ * qemu_cpu_fixup() - Fix up the CPUs for QEMU
+ *
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ENODEV if no CPUs, -ENOMEM if out of memory, other -ve on
+ *	on other error
+ */
+int qemu_cpu_fixup(void);
+
 #endif