diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
index 3adf698..ba9616d 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	select INTEL_GMA_ACPI
 	select CACHE_MRC_SETTINGS
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_RAM_SETUP
+	select C_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTBLOCK
 
 if NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_NEHALEM
 
@@ -48,9 +49,12 @@
 	hex
 	default 0x10000
 
-config BOOTBLOCK_NORTHBRIDGE_INIT
-	string
-	default "northbridge/intel/nehalem/bootblock.c"
+config DCACHE_BSP_STACK_SIZE
+	hex
+	default 0x2000
+	help
+	  The amount of anticipated stack usage in CAR by bootblock and
+	  other stages.
 
 config MRC_CACHE_SIZE
 	hex
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Makefile.inc b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Makefile.inc
index 3b12bb5..225f0ce 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Makefile.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_NEHALEM),y)
 
+bootblock-y += bootblock.c
+
 ramstage-y += memmap.c
 ramstage-y += northbridge.c
 ramstage-y += smi.c
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/bootblock.c b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/bootblock.c
index f96ff56..46cdef0 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/bootblock.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/bootblock.c
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <device/pci_ops.h>
+#include <cpu/intel/car/bootblock.h>
 
-static void bootblock_northbridge_init(void)
+void bootblock_early_northbridge_init(void)
 {
 	pci_io_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0xff, 0x00, 1), 0x50, CONFIG_MMCONF_BASE_ADDRESS | 1);
 	pci_io_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0xff, 0x00, 1), 0x54, 0);
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/romstage.c b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/romstage.c
index 54766de..8188303 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/romstage.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/romstage.c
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
 	/* TODO, make this configurable */
 	nehalem_early_initialization(NEHALEM_MOBILE);
 
-	pch_pre_console_init();
-
-	/* Initialize console device(s) */
-	console_init();
-
 	early_pch_init();
 
 	/* Read PM1_CNT, DON'T CLEAR IT or raminit will fail! */