diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shark/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-shark/core.c
index a851c254ad6c8a79bc00204063021c1bcba2e118..6a2a7f2c255708e80d909c7026e15413a797eba4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shark/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shark/core.c
@@ -149,10 +149,16 @@ static struct sys_timer shark_timer = {
 	.init		= shark_timer_init,
 };
 
+static void shark_init_early(void)
+{
+	disable_hlt();
+}
+
 MACHINE_START(SHARK, "Shark")
 	/* Maintainer: Alexander Schulz */
 	.atag_offset	= 0x3000,
 	.map_io		= shark_map_io,
+	.init_early	= shark_init_early,
 	.init_irq	= shark_init_irq,
 	.timer		= &shark_timer,
 	.dma_zone_size	= SZ_4M,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shark/include/mach/system.h b/arch/arm/mach-shark/include/mach/system.h
index 1b2f2c5050a82f350da71310afeda15fbffff8cd..1ec8d6c383d3b08490cff23c0a46e9358839b716 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shark/include/mach/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shark/include/mach/system.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 static inline void arch_idle(void)
 {
+	cpu_do_idle();
 }
 
 #endif