diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
index 2ff237701df51ef9cecb1b690620fe805df5443f..258380944f4e1b40f68fff3bddd1b9a45d1a3fe6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ AFLAGS_call32.o := -fpic -fshort-wchar
 
 extra-y += call32.o
 
+obj-y += intel_common/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_BAYTRAIL) += baytrail/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_COREBOOT) += coreboot/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_APP) += efi/
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5dd95739a0996be4d5af5a1c2a4af87d8ec85f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_MRC) += car.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/car.S b/arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/car.S
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/car.S
rename to arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/car.S
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Makefile
index 9203219f31698ab6af8d87678bce0ef3bdee138f..b117f0deb294a7f2db86cdb015a84b0432b5e6d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FSP
 obj-y += fsp_configs.o ivybridge.o
 else
-obj-y += car.o
 obj-y += cpu.o
 obj-y += early_me.o
 obj-y += gma.o