diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/common.h
index 3b562d87826d..1a8f7b3ab449 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/common.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern void shmobile_smp_sleep(void);
 extern void shmobile_smp_hook(unsigned int cpu, unsigned long fn,
 			      unsigned long arg);
 extern bool shmobile_smp_cpu_can_disable(unsigned int cpu);
+extern bool shmobile_smp_init_fallback_ops(void);
 extern void shmobile_boot_scu(void);
 extern void shmobile_smp_scu_prepare_cpus(phys_addr_t scu_base_phys,
 					  unsigned int max_cpus);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
index b23378f3d7e1..f3dba6f356e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ bool shmobile_smp_cpu_can_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 	return true; /* Hotplug of any CPU is supported */
 }
 #endif
+
+bool __init shmobile_smp_init_fallback_ops(void)
+{
+	/* fallback on PSCI/smp_ops if no other DT based method is detected */
+	return platform_can_secondary_boot() ? true : false;
+}