diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
index 32db16d2e7ad0c0149ab44ee78200c0103387589..2f8e36f91acdf2eb940aa2d3e85e1da17726d290 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct smp_ops_t {
 #endif
 	void  (*probe)(void);
 	int   (*kick_cpu)(int nr);
+	int   (*prepare_cpu)(int nr);
 	void  (*setup_cpu)(int nr);
 	void  (*bringup_done)(void);
 	void  (*take_timebase)(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 46f89e66a273bcb8b6c45d1d2d1b1d79fa71bc20..b12f5f0a408f8cc5a68408dfa2d61f50dabab25a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -521,6 +521,16 @@ int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 
 	cpu_idle_thread_init(cpu, tidle);
 
+	/*
+	 * The platform might need to allocate resources prior to bringing
+	 * up the CPU
+	 */
+	if (smp_ops->prepare_cpu) {
+		rc = smp_ops->prepare_cpu(cpu);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
 	/* Make sure callin-map entry is 0 (can be leftover a CPU
 	 * hotplug
 	 */