diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
index bfc556f7672039808154d672c64e10bc2f62fec8..73ec2427fbcfbecaaa17836bd4035c3dbf808689 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
@@ -6,12 +6,25 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/irqchip.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
+#include <asm/system_info.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 
 #include "platsmp.h"
 
+static void __init bcm2835_init(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = of_find_node_by_path("/system");
+	u32 val;
+	u64 val64;
+
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "linux,revision", &val))
+		system_rev = val;
+	if (!of_property_read_u64(np, "linux,serial", &val64))
+		system_serial_low = val64;
+}
+
 static const char * const bcm2835_compat[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V6
 	"brcm,bcm2835",
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ static const char * const bcm2835_compat[] = {
 };
 
 DT_MACHINE_START(BCM2835, "BCM2835")
+	.init_machine = bcm2835_init,
 	.dt_compat = bcm2835_compat,
 	.smp = smp_ops(bcm2836_smp_ops),
 MACHINE_END