diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index e6f4eca09ee36f5cbbe9ade6aadf07aa17ef6332..b006977a15162b37d1cd45abe5a2643dd7e7fb4e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config ARC
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
+	select GENERIC_IDLE_LOOP
 	# for now, we don't need GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE, CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
index 0a7531d992945f5026c8aa747a61f58b6c12a54c..cad66851e0c4e67eb35bc5bbb3e4b6ec4b8f4929 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
@@ -41,37 +41,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(arc_gettls)
 	return task_thread_info(current)->thr_ptr;
 }
 
-static inline void arch_idle(void)
+void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	/* sleep, but enable all interrupts before committing */
 	__asm__("sleep 0x3");
 }
 
-void cpu_idle(void)
-{
-	/* Since we SLEEP in idle loop, TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG can't be set */
-
-	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
-	while (1) {
-		tick_nohz_idle_enter();
-		rcu_idle_enter();
-
-doze:
-		local_irq_disable();
-		if (!need_resched()) {
-			arch_idle();
-			goto doze;
-		} else {
-			local_irq_enable();
-		}
-
-		rcu_idle_exit();
-		tick_nohz_idle_exit();
-
-		schedule_preempt_disabled();
-	}
-}
-
 asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
 
 /* Layout of Child kernel mode stack as setup at the end of this function is
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
index 3af3e06dcf028cc75b3998560ea58da37fb0bb85..5c7fd603d216c7bd8e0938074f32349358b6b84e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void __cpuinit start_kernel_secondary(void)
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 	preempt_disable();
-	cpu_idle();
+	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_ONLINE);
 }
 
 /*