diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2701106b8646..9c4bdc5ec218 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 082f2f84be5db164280483efa7eb1549d867353d
+refs/heads/master: d654c673d6394bc26e159b1057b357371b4ce1dc
diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
index c4d0291b519f..23f5984d0654 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void microcode_init_cpu(int cpu)
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(cpu));
 	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
 	collect_cpu_info(cpu);
-	if (uci->valid)
+	if (uci->valid && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING)
 		cpu_request_microcode(cpu);
 	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, old);