diff --git a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/cpu.c b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/cpu.c
index ec262f7b35..dba1923522 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/cpu.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/cpu.c
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ void apollolake_init_cpus(struct device *dev)
 {
 	if (CONFIG(SOC_INTEL_COMMON_BLOCK_CPU_MPINIT))
 		return;
+	if (!dev->link_list)
+		add_more_links(dev, 1);
 	soc_init_cpus(dev->link_list);
 
 	/* Temporarily cache the memory-mapped boot media. */