diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index 02127e5..55c9c59 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@
 	  Source file name and line number where debugging message
 	  printed will be added to debugging message.
 
+ config EDAC_DECODE_MCE
+	tristate "Decode MCEs in human-readable form (only on AMD for now)"
+	depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && X86_MCE
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Enable this option if you want to decode Machine Check Exceptions
+	  occuring on your machine in human-readable form.
+
+	  You should definitely say Y here in case you want to decode MCEs
+	  which occur really early upon boot, before the module infrastructure
+	  has been initialized.
+
 config EDAC_MM_EDAC
 	tristate "Main Memory EDAC (Error Detection And Correction) reporting"
 	help
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@
 
 config EDAC_AMD64
 	tristate "AMD64 (Opteron, Athlon64) K8, F10h, F11h"
-	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && K8_NB && X86_64 && PCI && CPU_SUP_AMD
+	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && K8_NB && X86_64 && PCI && EDAC_DECODE_MCE
 	help
 	  Support for error detection and correction on the AMD 64
 	  Families of Memory Controllers (K8, F10h and F11h)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/Makefile b/drivers/edac/Makefile
index 8701cd7..bc5dc23 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/edac/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License.
 #
 
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC)			:= edac_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC_MM_EDAC)		+= edac_core.o
 
@@ -17,9 +16,7 @@
 edac_core-objs	+= edac_pci.o edac_pci_sysfs.o
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)			+= edac_mce_amd.o
-endif
+obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC_DECODE_MCE)		+= edac_mce_amd.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC_AMD76X)		+= amd76x_edac.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC_CPC925)		+= cpc925_edac.o
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mce_amd.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mce_amd.c
index 83a01a1..713ed7d 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mce_amd.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mce_amd.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 static bool report_gart_errors;
 static void (*nb_bus_decoder)(int node_id, struct err_regs *regs);
+static void (*orig_mce_callback)(struct mce *m);
 
 void amd_report_gart_errors(bool v)
 {
@@ -427,9 +428,25 @@
 	 * We can decode MCEs for Opteron and later CPUs:
 	 */
 	if ((boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) &&
-	    (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 0xf))
+	    (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 0xf)) {
+		/* safe the default decode mce callback */
+		orig_mce_callback = x86_mce_decode_callback;
+
 		x86_mce_decode_callback = amd_decode_mce;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(mce_amd_init);
+
+#ifdef MODULE
+static void __exit mce_amd_exit(void)
+{
+	x86_mce_decode_callback = orig_mce_callback;
+}
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD MCE decoder");
+MODULE_ALIAS("edac-mce-amd");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+module_exit(mce_amd_exit);
+#endif