diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
index de8cb2ccb78129c8db673d190dcfbbf2ad492203..c0983130a44c900b491843528fe37f60eaf18472 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
 #  define raw_cpu_has_fpu	0
 # endif
 #else
+# if cpu_has_fpu
+#  error "Forcing `cpu_has_fpu' to non-zero is not supported"
+# endif
 # define raw_cpu_has_fpu	cpu_has_fpu
 #endif
 #ifndef cpu_has_32fpr