diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index 529142aff76699a85082179eb3e455d13a97959b..f673f808725f730a8ad1e27eff9e1e4abc43eea8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,25 @@ static int _enable(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
 
 	pr_debug("omap_hwmod: %s: enabling\n", oh->name);
 
+	/*
+	 * hwmods with HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE flag set are left
+	 * in enabled state at init.
+	 * Now that someone is really trying to enable them,
+	 * just ensure that the hwmod mux is set.
+	 */
+	if (oh->_int_flags & _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE) {
+		/*
+		 * If the caller has mux data populated, do the mux'ing
+		 * which wouldn't have been done as part of the _enable()
+		 * done during setup.
+		 */
+		if (oh->mux)
+			omap_hwmod_mux(oh->mux, _HWMOD_STATE_ENABLED);
+
+		oh->_int_flags &= ~_HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (oh->_state != _HWMOD_STATE_INITIALIZED &&
 	    oh->_state != _HWMOD_STATE_IDLE &&
 	    oh->_state != _HWMOD_STATE_DISABLED) {
@@ -1744,8 +1763,10 @@ static int _setup(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *data)
 	 * it should be set by the core code as a runtime flag during startup
 	 */
 	if ((oh->flags & HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE) &&
-	    (postsetup_state == _HWMOD_STATE_IDLE))
+	    (postsetup_state == _HWMOD_STATE_IDLE)) {
+		oh->_int_flags |= _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE;
 		postsetup_state = _HWMOD_STATE_ENABLED;
+	}
 
 	if (postsetup_state == _HWMOD_STATE_IDLE)
 		_idle(oh);
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
index 8b372ede17c167f90bd5b78495e4f3769d483a59..1a13c02118df891a0dd9dd286fb53ca7221d6eb2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
@@ -416,10 +416,13 @@ struct omap_hwmod_omap4_prcm {
  * _HWMOD_NO_MPU_PORT: no path exists for the MPU to write to this module
  * _HWMOD_WAKEUP_ENABLED: set when the omap_hwmod code has enabled ENAWAKEUP
  * _HWMOD_SYSCONFIG_LOADED: set when the OCP_SYSCONFIG value has been cached
+ * _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE: set if hwmod enabled during init (HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE) -
+ *     causes the first call to _enable() to only update the pinmux
  */
 #define _HWMOD_NO_MPU_PORT			(1 << 0)
 #define _HWMOD_WAKEUP_ENABLED			(1 << 1)
 #define _HWMOD_SYSCONFIG_LOADED			(1 << 2)
+#define _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE			(1 << 3)
 
 /*
  * omap_hwmod._state definitions