diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sti/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-sti/Makefile
index acb330916333039510c562d18de547020b3c2044..f85ff059cfba47c092bd2c6a0be72c25673abe0b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sti/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sti/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= platsmp.o headsmp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= platsmp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_STI) 		+= board-dt.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sti/headsmp.S b/arch/arm/mach-sti/headsmp.S
deleted file mode 100644
index e0ad451700d5ebe9226b0ac49922e31fc9802e2b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sti/headsmp.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  arch/arm/mach-sti/headsmp.S
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2013 STMicroelectronics (R&D) Limited.
- *		http://www.st.com
- *
- * Cloned from linux/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/headsmp.S
- *
- *  Copyright (c) 2003 ARM Limited
- *  All Rights Reserved
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-
-/*
- * ST specific entry point for secondary CPUs.  This provides
- * a "holding pen" into which all secondary cores are held until we're
- * ready for them to initialise.
- */
-ENTRY(sti_secondary_startup)
-	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5
-	and	r0, r0, #15
-	adr	r4, 1f
-	ldmia	r4, {r5, r6}
-	sub	r4, r4, r5
-	add	r6, r6, r4
-pen:	ldr	r7, [r6]
-	cmp	r7, r0
-	bne	pen
-
-	/*
-	 * we've been released from the holding pen: secondary_stack
-	 * should now contain the SVC stack for this core
-	 */
-	b	secondary_startup
-ENDPROC(sti_secondary_startup)
-
-1:	.long	.
-	.long	pen_release
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sti/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-sti/platsmp.c
index 231f19e174365229f034c9897b6e61984b92d84c..d0272a839ffb3d4d24d42a24af1f03474b2359fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sti/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sti/platsmp.c
@@ -28,82 +28,33 @@
 
 #include "smp.h"
 
-static void write_pen_release(int val)
-{
-	pen_release = val;
-	smp_wmb();
-	sync_cache_w(&pen_release);
-}
-
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(boot_lock);
-
-static void sti_secondary_init(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	/*
-	 * let the primary processor know we're out of the
-	 * pen, then head off into the C entry point
-	 */
-	write_pen_release(-1);
-
-	/*
-	 * Synchronise with the boot thread.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&boot_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&boot_lock);
-}
+static u32 __iomem *cpu_strt_ptr;
 
 static int sti_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
-	unsigned long timeout;
-
-	/*
-	 * set synchronisation state between this boot processor
-	 * and the secondary one
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&boot_lock);
+	unsigned long entry_pa = __pa_symbol(secondary_startup);
 
 	/*
-	 * The secondary processor is waiting to be released from
-	 * the holding pen - release it, then wait for it to flag
-	 * that it has been released by resetting pen_release.
-	 *
-	 * Note that "pen_release" is the hardware CPU ID, whereas
-	 * "cpu" is Linux's internal ID.
+	 * Secondary CPU is initialised and started by a U-BOOTROM firmware.
+	 * Secondary CPU is spinning and waiting for a write at cpu_strt_ptr.
+	 * Writing secondary_startup address at cpu_strt_ptr makes it to
+	 * jump directly to secondary_startup().
 	 */
-	write_pen_release(cpu_logical_map(cpu));
+	__raw_writel(entry_pa, cpu_strt_ptr);
 
-	/*
-	 * Send the secondary CPU a soft interrupt, thereby causing
-	 * it to jump to the secondary entrypoint.
-	 */
-	arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(cpumask_of(cpu));
-
-	timeout = jiffies + (1 * HZ);
-	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
-		smp_rmb();
-		if (pen_release == -1)
-			break;
-
-		udelay(10);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * now the secondary core is starting up let it run its
-	 * calibrations, then wait for it to finish
-	 */
-	spin_unlock(&boot_lock);
+	/* wmb so that data is actually written before cache flush is done */
+	smp_wmb();
+	sync_cache_w(cpu_strt_ptr);
 
-	return pen_release != -1 ? -ENOSYS : 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __init sti_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	void __iomem *scu_base;
-	u32 __iomem *cpu_strt_ptr;
 	u32 release_phys;
 	int cpu;
-	unsigned long entry_pa = __pa_symbol(sti_secondary_startup);
 
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "arm,cortex-a9-scu");
 
@@ -131,8 +82,8 @@ static void __init sti_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * holding pen is usually configured in SBC DMEM but can also be
-		 * in RAM.
+		 * cpu-release-addr is usually configured in SBC DMEM but can
+		 * also be in RAM.
 		 */
 
 		if (!memblock_is_memory(release_phys))
@@ -142,22 +93,11 @@ static void __init sti_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 			cpu_strt_ptr =
 				(u32 __iomem *)phys_to_virt(release_phys);
 
-		__raw_writel(entry_pa, cpu_strt_ptr);
-
-		/*
-		 * wmb so that data is actually written
-		 * before cache flush is done
-		 */
-		smp_wmb();
-		sync_cache_w(cpu_strt_ptr);
-
-		if (!memblock_is_memory(release_phys))
-			iounmap(cpu_strt_ptr);
+		set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);
 	}
 }
 
 const struct smp_operations sti_smp_ops __initconst = {
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= sti_smp_prepare_cpus,
-	.smp_secondary_init	= sti_secondary_init,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= sti_boot_secondary,
 };