diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 308ad7d..af8c54c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 struct smp_operations;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define smp_ops(ops) (&(ops))
+#define smp_init_ops(ops) (&(ops))
 #else
 #define smp_ops(ops) (struct smp_operations *)NULL
+#define smp_init_ops(ops) (bool (*)(void))NULL
 #endif
 
 struct machine_desc {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
 	unsigned char		reserve_lp2 :1;	/* never has lp2	*/
 	char			restart_mode;	/* default restart mode	*/
 	struct smp_operations	*smp;		/* SMP operations	*/
+	bool			(*smp_init)(void);
 	void			(*fixup)(struct tag *, char **,
 					 struct meminfo *);
 	void			(*reserve)(void);/* reserve mem blocks	*/
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index dad3048..22cc863 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -770,10 +770,12 @@
 	psci_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (is_smp()) {
-		if (psci_smp_available())
-			smp_set_ops(&psci_smp_ops);
-		else if (mdesc->smp)
-			smp_set_ops(mdesc->smp);
+		if (!mdesc->smp_init || !mdesc->smp_init()) {
+			if (psci_smp_available())
+				smp_set_ops(&psci_smp_ops);
+			else if (mdesc->smp)
+				smp_set_ops(mdesc->smp);
+		}
 		smp_init_cpus();
 	}
 #endif