diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78230.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78230.dtsi
index 98335fb34b7ad5a11d9f40b6564bddc161431455..1257ff1ed278e68a33793eb9cf0c40be08e0b169 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78230.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78230.dtsi
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "marvell,armada-xp-smp";
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			device_type = "cpu";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78260.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78260.dtsi
index 9480cf891f8cd0ce475d87cf2eed904a6a740eb7..3396b25b39e179cb1a444435adfa28c87385e8ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78260.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78260.dtsi
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "marvell,armada-xp-smp";
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			device_type = "cpu";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78460.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78460.dtsi
index 31ba6d8fbadf8803f28aca6312c8205c79c23aee..6da84bf40aaf48849d308453755c1eca3605396b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78460.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-mv78460.dtsi
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "marvell,armada-xp-smp";
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			device_type = "cpu";