diff --git a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
index cc5e56d752c8..83c659e38084 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ module_param(ecc_enable_override, int, 0644);
 
 static struct msr __percpu *msrs;
 
+static struct amd64_family_type *fam_type;
+
 /* Per-node stuff */
 static struct ecc_settings **ecc_stngs;
 
@@ -3280,8 +3282,7 @@ f17h_determine_edac_ctl_cap(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, struct amd64_pvt *pvt)
 	}
 }
 
-static void setup_mci_misc_attrs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-				 struct amd64_family_type *fam)
+static void setup_mci_misc_attrs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
 	struct amd64_pvt *pvt = mci->pvt_info;
 
@@ -3300,7 +3301,7 @@ static void setup_mci_misc_attrs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 
 	mci->edac_cap		= determine_edac_cap(pvt);
 	mci->mod_name		= EDAC_MOD_STR;
-	mci->ctl_name		= fam->ctl_name;
+	mci->ctl_name		= fam_type->ctl_name;
 	mci->dev_name		= pci_name(pvt->F3);
 	mci->ctl_page_to_phys	= NULL;
 
@@ -3314,8 +3315,6 @@ static void setup_mci_misc_attrs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
  */
 static struct amd64_family_type *per_family_init(struct amd64_pvt *pvt)
 {
-	struct amd64_family_type *fam_type = NULL;
-
 	pvt->ext_model  = boot_cpu_data.x86_model >> 4;
 	pvt->stepping	= boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping;
 	pvt->model	= boot_cpu_data.x86_model;
@@ -3422,7 +3421,6 @@ static void compute_num_umcs(void)
 static int init_one_instance(unsigned int nid)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *F3 = node_to_amd_nb(nid)->misc;
-	struct amd64_family_type *fam_type = NULL;
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = NULL;
 	struct edac_mc_layer layers[2];
 	struct amd64_pvt *pvt = NULL;
@@ -3499,7 +3497,7 @@ static int init_one_instance(unsigned int nid)
 	mci->pvt_info = pvt;
 	mci->pdev = &pvt->F3->dev;
 
-	setup_mci_misc_attrs(mci, fam_type);
+	setup_mci_misc_attrs(mci);
 
 	if (init_csrows(mci))
 		mci->edac_cap = EDAC_FLAG_NONE;