diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.c
index a59711454543d70b1116bd87ee605ea5c471d26c..44bb4d544dcf5ceb4463d554b345c3b58f9f7ade 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.c
@@ -569,4 +569,15 @@ int omap3_ctrl_save_padconf(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * omap3_ctrl_set_iva_bootmode_idle - sets the IVA2 bootmode to idle
+ *
+ * Sets the bootmode for IVA2 to idle. This is needed by the PM code to
+ * force disable IVA2 so that it does not prevent any low-power states.
+ */
+void omap3_ctrl_set_iva_bootmode_idle(void)
+{
+	omap_ctrl_writel(OMAP3_IVA2_BOOTMOD_IDLE,
+			 OMAP343X_CONTROL_IVA2_BOOTMOD);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP3 && CONFIG_PM */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.h
index f7d7c2ef1b40f252c72f8ecdd87511168190d273..da054801b114d9baf0c9b9b2113622a1071ead43 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/control.h
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ extern void omap_ctrl_write_dsp_boot_addr(u32 bootaddr);
 extern void omap_ctrl_write_dsp_boot_mode(u8 bootmode);
 extern void omap3630_ctrl_disable_rta(void);
 extern int omap3_ctrl_save_padconf(void);
+extern void omap3_ctrl_set_iva_bootmode_idle(void);
 extern void omap2_set_globals_control(void __iomem *ctrl,
 				      void __iomem *ctrl_pad);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
index 5a2d8034c8def0462fc9464c0b765ba3d62f9efb..93b80e5da8d4d5888982b30ffed5d5dc5f2cc470 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
@@ -430,8 +430,7 @@ static void __init omap3_iva_idle(void)
 			 OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD, CM_FCLKEN);
 
 	/* Set IVA2 boot mode to 'idle' */
-	omap_ctrl_writel(OMAP3_IVA2_BOOTMOD_IDLE,
-			 OMAP343X_CONTROL_IVA2_BOOTMOD);
+	omap3_ctrl_set_iva_bootmode_idle();
 
 	/* Un-reset IVA2 */
 	omap2_prm_write_mod_reg(0, OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD, OMAP2_RM_RSTCTRL);