diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/glue-cache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/glue-cache.h
index cab07f69382dea9efe9be62c0924a5b4f8d95b53..01c3d92624e5ed3e0035c4305ca5b6797ba1888b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/glue-cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/glue-cache.h
@@ -118,11 +118,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_V7M)
-# ifdef _CACHE
 #  define MULTI_CACHE 1
-# else
-#  define _CACHE nop
-# endif
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(_CACHE) && !defined(MULTI_CACHE)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index fb1a69eb49c1a842fc604dc2b64f905e30a39aac..6b4eb27b875863ffeb37a131fe445ee38f28a0f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -158,7 +158,21 @@ __after_proc_init:
 	bic	r0, r0, #CR_V
 #endif
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0		@ write control reg
-#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_CP15 */
+#elif defined (CONFIG_CPU_V7M)
+	/* For V7M systems we want to modify the CCR similarly to the SCTLR */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
+	bic	r0, r0, #V7M_SCB_CCR_DC
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
+	bic	r0, r0, #V7M_SCB_CCR_BP
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE
+	bic	r0, r0, #V7M_SCB_CCR_IC
+#endif
+	movw	r3, #:lower16:(BASEADDR_V7M_SCB + V7M_SCB_CCR)
+	movt	r3, #:upper16:(BASEADDR_V7M_SCB + V7M_SCB_CCR)
+	str	r0, [r3]
+#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_CP15 elif CONFIG_CPU_V7M */
 	ret	lr
 ENDPROC(__after_proc_init)
 	.ltorg
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index d15a7fe51618ad70da5de7cf05408f882c6a4076..e613122e5e1b3fc6a25e85aadccc9c6b29d428dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ config CPU_V7M
 	bool
 	select CPU_32v7M
 	select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU
+	select CPU_CACHE_V7M
 	select CPU_CACHE_NOP
 	select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
 	select CPU_THUMBONLY
@@ -518,6 +519,9 @@ config CPU_CACHE_VIPT
 config CPU_CACHE_FA
 	bool
 
+config CPU_CACHE_V7M
+	bool
+
 if MMU
 # The copy-page model
 config CPU_COPY_V4WT
@@ -750,14 +754,14 @@ config CPU_HIGH_VECTOR
 
 config CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE
 	bool "Disable I-Cache (I-bit)"
-	depends on CPU_CP15 && !(CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3)
+	depends on (CPU_CP15 && !(CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3)) || CPU_V7M
 	help
 	  Say Y here to disable the processor instruction cache. Unless
 	  you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N.
 
 config CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
 	bool "Disable D-Cache (C-bit)"
-	depends on CPU_CP15 && !SMP
+	depends on (CPU_CP15 && !SMP) || CPU_V7M
 	help
 	  Say Y here to disable the processor data cache. Unless
 	  you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N.
@@ -792,7 +796,7 @@ config CPU_CACHE_ROUND_ROBIN
 
 config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
 	bool "Disable branch prediction"
-	depends on CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_V7 || CPU_FA526
+	depends on CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_V7 || CPU_FA526 || CPU_V7M
 	help
 	  Say Y here to disable branch prediction.  If unsure, say N.
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Makefile b/arch/arm/mm/Makefile
index 7f76d96ce546476113f9a4e61625d9740929cedf..e75abaeb16db64f2cb11ccea58f1e7c0531a09e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Makefile
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_V6)	+= cache-v6.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_V7)	+= cache-v7.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_FA)	+= cache-fa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_NOP)	+= cache-nop.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_V7M)	+= cache-v7m.o
 
 AFLAGS_cache-v6.o	:=-Wa,-march=armv6
 AFLAGS_cache-v7.o	:=-Wa,-march=armv7-a
+AFLAGS_cache-v7m.o	:=-Wa,-march=armv7-m
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_COPY_V4WT)	+= copypage-v4wt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_COPY_V4WB)	+= copypage-v4wb.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
index 7229d8d0be1af2eba82adaf8825fd88490c8a4f4..11f5816e2680a9c330d1ac569345f3de93d208f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ __v7m_setup:
 
 	@ Configure the System Control Register to ensure 8-byte stack alignment
 	@ Note the STKALIGN bit is either RW or RAO.
-	ldr	r12, [r0, V7M_SCB_CCR]	@ system control register
-	orr	r12, #V7M_SCB_CCR_STKALIGN
-	str	r12, [r0, V7M_SCB_CCR]
+	ldr	r0, [r0, V7M_SCB_CCR]   @ system control register
+	orr	r0, #V7M_SCB_CCR_STKALIGN
 	ret	lr
 ENDPROC(__v7m_setup)