diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
index 45597fd910505eb251d541d2ee72c460ec49f21c..4382547df58a70554abf0ca641175bc5cda2bc04 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear13xx.dtsi
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 
 		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/spear3xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear3xx.dtsi
index c2a852d43c4895fe543b0849f9580d594bca4531..f0e3fcf8e3237e2a63cc7e83579cb5f785efbec5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear3xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear3xx.dtsi
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
 	interrupt-parent = <&vic>;
 
 	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/spear600.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear600.dtsi
index 19f99dc4115e164c8903a3259ea873675be16ee2..9f60a7b6a42bf42e0b84584d94b48b7888ea58a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear600.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spear600.dtsi
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
 	compatible = "st,spear600";
 
 	cpus {
-		cpu@0 {
-			compatible = "arm,arm926ejs";
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
+			device_type = "cpu";
 		};
 	};