diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
index a44253cad2692e2c209e4fa1f148ccd89415496c..b92f12bd5244a7e6fe911f8000f7a37e499e0e40 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ described below.
 			    "arm,realview-smp"
 			    "brcm,bcm11351-cpu-method"
 			    "brcm,bcm23550"
+			    "brcm,bcm2836-smp"
 			    "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp"
 			    "brcm,brahma-b15"
 			    "marvell,armada-375-smp"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2836.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2836.dtsi
index da3deeb42592926f36b49770b50b549abcb6ece7..2c26d0be8b0316792188890ed677e87fc1fb13ea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2836.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2836.dtsi
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	cpus: cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "brcm,bcm2836-smp";
 
 		v7_cpu0: cpu@0 {
 			device_type = "cpu";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837.dtsi
index 2d5de6f0f78d5be78559477f18f0940bba3e5a15..bc1cca5cf43c41b8dad3902ce1a627b625883cb3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837.dtsi
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	cpus: cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "brcm,bcm2836-smp"; // for ARM 32-bit
 
 		cpu0: cpu@0 {
 			device_type = "cpu";