diff --git a/southbridge/amd/cs5536/smbus_initram.c b/southbridge/amd/cs5536/smbus_initram.c
index 1dcc134b3c..c07a2e208c 100644
--- a/southbridge/amd/cs5536/smbus_initram.c
+++ b/southbridge/amd/cs5536/smbus_initram.c
@@ -329,3 +329,20 @@ int smbus_read_byte(u16 device, u8 address)
 
 	return do_smbus_read_byte(SMBUS_IO_BASE, device, address);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Read a byte from the SPD. 
+ *
+ * For this chip, that is really just saying 'read a byte from smbus'.
+ * So we use smbus_read_byte. Nota Bene: leave this here as a function 
+ * rather than a #define in an obscure location. This function is called 
+ * only a few dozen times, and it not performance critical. 
+ *
+ * @param device The device.
+ * @param address The address.
+ * @return The data from the SMBus packet area or an error of 0xff (i.e. -1).
+ */
+int spd_read_byte(u16 device, u8 address)
+{
+	return smbus_read_byte(device, address);
+}