diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23.dtsi
index 73fd7d0887b52f4505d908902fd99aaf0fe941c8..587ceef81e45a5eeb6cb6da0ff5f643f29892669 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23.dtsi
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@
 	};
 
 	cpus {
-		cpu@0 {
-			compatible = "arm,arm926ejs";
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 		};
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28.dtsi
index 600f7cb51f3e58ae78f88649f3b52b12c170e5d1..4c10a1968c0e3a6d8d4331c7f26af13d0f6a4f97 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28.dtsi
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@
 	};
 
 	cpus {
-		cpu@0 {
-			compatible = "arm,arm926ejs";
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 		};
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl.dtsi
index 5bcdf3a90bb39f36493409f28da7b98fef1259f4..62dc78126795fbc03d3ad339fedc2406a2edc624 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl.dtsi
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <0>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 		};
 
 		cpu@1 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <1>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 		};
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q.dtsi
index 21e675848bd1e75a0568af6fae28f0264da05887..dc54a72a3bcdaeae9cc88cfd3c6b2feb8e1dbe5c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q.dtsi
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <0>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 			operating-points = <
@@ -39,18 +40,21 @@
 
 		cpu@1 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <1>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 		};
 
 		cpu@2 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <2>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 		};
 
 		cpu@3 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 			reg = <3>;
 			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
 		};