diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
index 440a3df5944c..3a13113f1b29 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ static void fill_cacheinfo(struct cacheinfo **this_leaf,
 	}
 }
 
-int init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	return init_of_cache_level(cpu);
-}
-
 int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
index e7d6e6657ffa..b1c1dd38ab01 100644
--- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ void update_siblings_masks(unsigned int cpuid)
 
 	ret = detect_cache_attributes(cpuid);
 	if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
-		pr_info("Early cacheinfo failed, ret = %d\n", ret);
+		pr_info("Early cacheinfo allocation failed, ret = %d\n", ret);
 
 	/* update core and thread sibling masks */
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ __weak int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64) || defined(CONFIG_RISCV)
 void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int cpu, ret;
 
 	reset_cpu_topology();
 	ret = parse_acpi_topology();
@@ -840,6 +840,14 @@ void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
 		reset_cpu_topology();
 		return;
 	}
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		ret = fetch_cache_info(cpu);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("Early cacheinfo failed, ret = %d\n", ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index 9ad4403f2dab..c9bcecf76c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -389,10 +389,6 @@ static void free_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
 		return;
 
 	cache_shared_cpu_map_remove(cpu);
-
-	kfree(per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu));
-	per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = NULL;
-	cache_leaves(cpu) = 0;
 }
 
 int __weak init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -405,29 +401,71 @@ int __weak populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
+static inline
+int allocate_cache_info(int cpu)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	/* Since early detection of the cacheinfo is allowed via this
-	 * function and this also gets called as CPU hotplug callbacks via
-	 * cacheinfo_cpu_online, the initialisation can be skipped and only
-	 * CPU maps can be updated as the CPU online status would be update
-	 * if called via cacheinfo_cpu_online path.
-	 */
-	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu))
-		goto update_cpu_map;
-
-	if (init_cache_level(cpu) || !cache_leaves(cpu))
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = kcalloc(cache_leaves(cpu),
 					 sizeof(struct cacheinfo), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL) {
+	if (!per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu)) {
 		cache_leaves(cpu) = 0;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fetch_cache_info(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci;
+	unsigned int levels, split_levels;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (acpi_disabled) {
+		ret = init_of_cache_level(cpu);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = acpi_get_cache_info(cpu, &levels, &split_levels);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+		this_cpu_ci->num_levels = levels;
+		/*
+		 * This assumes that:
+		 * - there cannot be any split caches (data/instruction)
+		 *   above a unified cache
+		 * - data/instruction caches come by pair
+		 */
+		this_cpu_ci->num_leaves = levels + split_levels;
+	}
+	if (!cache_leaves(cpu))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return allocate_cache_info(cpu);
+}
+
+int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Since early initialization/allocation of the cacheinfo is allowed
+	 * via fetch_cache_info() and this also gets called as CPU hotplug
+	 * callbacks via cacheinfo_cpu_online, the init/alloc can be skipped
+	 * as it will happen only once (the cacheinfo memory is never freed).
+	 * Just populate the cacheinfo.
+	 */
+	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu))
+		goto populate_leaves;
+
+	if (init_cache_level(cpu) || !cache_leaves(cpu))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	ret = allocate_cache_info(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+populate_leaves:
 	/*
 	 * populate_cache_leaves() may completely setup the cache leaves and
 	 * shared_cpu_map or it may leave it partially setup.
@@ -436,7 +474,6 @@ int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_ci;
 
-update_cpu_map:
 	/*
 	 * For systems using DT for cache hierarchy, fw_token
 	 * and shared_cpu_map will be set up here only if they are
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
index 00d8e7f9d1c6..dfef57077cd0 100644
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu);
 int cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu);
 bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu);
 bool last_level_cache_is_shared(unsigned int cpu_x, unsigned int cpu_y);
+int fetch_cache_info(unsigned int cpu);
 int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu);
 #ifndef CONFIG_ACPI_PPTT
 /*