diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
index 150cf5055a3c..000c07e86433 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ struct mtrr_state {
 	mtrr_type def_type;
 };
 
+struct fixed_range_block {
+	int base_msr; /* start address of an MTRR block */
+	int ranges;   /* number of MTRRs in this block  */
+};
+
+static struct fixed_range_block fixed_range_blocks[] = {
+	{ MTRRfix64K_00000_MSR, 1 }, /* one  64k MTRR  */
+	{ MTRRfix16K_80000_MSR, 2 }, /* two  16k MTRRs */
+	{ MTRRfix4K_C0000_MSR,  8 }, /* eight 4k MTRRs */
+	{}
+};
+
 static unsigned long smp_changes_mask;
 static struct mtrr_state mtrr_state = {};
 
@@ -152,6 +164,44 @@ void mtrr_wrmsr(unsigned msr, unsigned a, unsigned b)
 			smp_processor_id(), msr, a, b);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Enable and allow read/write of extended fixed-range MTRR bits on K8 CPUs
+ * see AMD publication no. 24593, chapter 3.2.1 for more information
+ */
+static inline void k8_enable_fixed_iorrs(void)
+{
+	unsigned lo, hi;
+
+	rdmsr(MSR_K8_SYSCFG, lo, hi);
+	mtrr_wrmsr(MSR_K8_SYSCFG, lo
+				| K8_MTRRFIXRANGE_DRAM_ENABLE
+				| K8_MTRRFIXRANGE_DRAM_MODIFY, hi);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks and updates an fixed-range MTRR if it differs from the value it
+ * should have. If K8 extenstions are wanted, update the K8 SYSCFG MSR also.
+ * see AMD publication no. 24593, chapter 7.8.1, page 233 for more information
+ * \param msr MSR address of the MTTR which should be checked and updated
+ * \param changed pointer which indicates whether the MTRR needed to be changed
+ * \param msrwords pointer to the MSR values which the MSR should have
+ */
+static void set_fixed_range(int msr, int * changed, unsigned int * msrwords)
+{
+	unsigned lo, hi;
+
+	rdmsr(msr, lo, hi);
+
+	if (lo != msrwords[0] || hi != msrwords[1]) {
+		if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD &&
+		    boot_cpu_data.x86 == 15 &&
+		    ((msrwords[0] | msrwords[1]) & K8_MTRR_RDMEM_WRMEM_MASK))
+			k8_enable_fixed_iorrs();
+		mtrr_wrmsr(msr, msrwords[0], msrwords[1]);
+		*changed = TRUE;
+	}
+}
+
 int generic_get_free_region(unsigned long base, unsigned long size, int replace_reg)
 /*  [SUMMARY] Get a free MTRR.
     <base> The starting (base) address of the region.
@@ -201,36 +251,21 @@ static void generic_get_mtrr(unsigned int reg, unsigned long *base,
 	*type = base_lo & 0xff;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks and updates the fixed-range MTRRs if they differ from the saved set
+ * \param frs pointer to fixed-range MTRR values, saved by get_fixed_ranges()
+ */
 static int set_fixed_ranges(mtrr_type * frs)
 {
-	unsigned int *p = (unsigned int *) frs;
+	unsigned long long *saved = (unsigned long long *) frs;
 	int changed = FALSE;
-	int i;
-	unsigned int lo, hi;
+	int block=-1, range;
 
-	rdmsr(MTRRfix64K_00000_MSR, lo, hi);
-	if (p[0] != lo || p[1] != hi) {
-		mtrr_wrmsr(MTRRfix64K_00000_MSR, p[0], p[1]);
-		changed = TRUE;
-	}
+	while (fixed_range_blocks[++block].ranges)
+	    for (range=0; range < fixed_range_blocks[block].ranges; range++)
+		set_fixed_range(fixed_range_blocks[block].base_msr + range,
+		    &changed, (unsigned int *) saved++);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-		rdmsr(MTRRfix16K_80000_MSR + i, lo, hi);
-		if (p[2 + i * 2] != lo || p[3 + i * 2] != hi) {
-			mtrr_wrmsr(MTRRfix16K_80000_MSR + i, p[2 + i * 2],
-			      p[3 + i * 2]);
-			changed = TRUE;
-		}
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-		rdmsr(MTRRfix4K_C0000_MSR + i, lo, hi);
-		if (p[6 + i * 2] != lo || p[7 + i * 2] != hi) {
-			mtrr_wrmsr(MTRRfix4K_C0000_MSR + i, p[6 + i * 2],
-			      p[7 + i * 2]);
-			changed = TRUE;
-		}
-	}
 	return changed;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/msr-index.h b/include/asm-i386/msr-index.h
index f1190802283d..a02eb2991349 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/msr-index.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/msr-index.h
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
 #define MSR_K7_CLK_CTL			0xc001001b
 #define MSR_K8_TOP_MEM2			0xc001001d
 #define MSR_K8_SYSCFG			0xc0010010
+
+#define K8_MTRRFIXRANGE_DRAM_ENABLE	0x00040000 /* MtrrFixDramEn bit    */
+#define K8_MTRRFIXRANGE_DRAM_MODIFY	0x00080000 /* MtrrFixDramModEn bit */
+#define K8_MTRR_RDMEM_WRMEM_MASK	0x18181818 /* Mask: RdMem|WrMem    */
+
 #define MSR_K7_HWCR			0xc0010015
 #define MSR_K8_HWCR			0xc0010015
 #define MSR_K7_FID_VID_CTL		0xc0010041