diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 2740c2a2df63..3d7351c844aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
-#define NR_IPI	6
+#define NR_IPI	7
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int __softirq_pending;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
index a8cae71caceb..22a3b9b5d4a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ extern void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu);
 extern void arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
 extern void arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
 
+extern int register_ipi_completion(struct completion *completion, int cpu);
+
 struct smp_operations {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 72024ea8a3a6..7d80a549cae5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ enum ipi_msg_type {
 	IPI_CALL_FUNC,
 	IPI_CALL_FUNC_SINGLE,
 	IPI_CPU_STOP,
+	IPI_COMPLETION,
 };
 
 static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_running);
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ static const char *ipi_types[NR_IPI] = {
 	S(IPI_CALL_FUNC, "Function call interrupts"),
 	S(IPI_CALL_FUNC_SINGLE, "Single function call interrupts"),
 	S(IPI_CPU_STOP, "CPU stop interrupts"),
+	S(IPI_COMPLETION, "completion interrupts"),
 };
 
 void show_ipi_list(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
@@ -515,6 +517,19 @@ static void ipi_cpu_stop(unsigned int cpu)
 		cpu_relax();
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion *, cpu_completion);
+
+int register_ipi_completion(struct completion *completion, int cpu)
+{
+	per_cpu(cpu_completion, cpu) = completion;
+	return IPI_COMPLETION;
+}
+
+static void ipi_complete(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	complete(per_cpu(cpu_completion, cpu));
+}
+
 /*
  * Main handler for inter-processor interrupts
  */
@@ -565,6 +580,12 @@ void handle_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		irq_exit();
 		break;
 
+	case IPI_COMPLETION:
+		irq_enter();
+		ipi_complete(cpu);
+		irq_exit();
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%u: Unknown IPI message 0x%x\n",
 		       cpu, ipinr);