diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
index 12d12dfe73c096b8994c6f0a6bacb12d977e5f35..a0d14f85b7815958035a08894e8882274201aa2f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #ifndef cpu_has_tx39_cache
 #define cpu_has_tx39_cache	(cpu_data[0].options & MIPS_CPU_TX39_CACHE)
 #endif
+#ifndef cpu_has_octeon_cache
+#define cpu_has_octeon_cache	0
+#endif
 #ifndef cpu_has_fpu
 #define cpu_has_fpu		(current_cpu_data.options & MIPS_CPU_FPU)
 #define raw_cpu_has_fpu		(raw_current_cpu_data.options & MIPS_CPU_FPU)
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 1eb7c71e3d6adfe25916070e180ae87e0b3eedbf..98ad0a82c29e84cd35303809e3c473c6a7531e10 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ void __devinit cpu_cache_init(void)
 		tx39_cache_init();
 	}
 
+	if (cpu_has_octeon_cache) {
+		extern void __weak octeon_cache_init(void);
+
+		octeon_cache_init();
+	}
+
 	setup_protection_map();
 }