diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vt8500.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vt8500.dtsi
index 4a4b96f6827ed59f7f468b09eae2704fba5e92ad..a0b490d5151969dc1d12959a8af2f0b14f7edda3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vt8500.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vt8500.dtsi
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 / {
 	compatible = "via,vt8500";
 
+	cpus {
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
+		};
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8505.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8505.dtsi
index b2bf359e852f9f6505d9f3946ce1d66515b91920..35d9ead79513988a6af39b41337f27102f17d1d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8505.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8505.dtsi
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@
 	compatible = "wm,wm8505";
 
 	cpus {
-		cpu@0 {
-			compatible = "arm,arm926ejs";
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
 		};
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
index dd8464eeb40d69bddd1924bd445b9d11d0600d37..7dce5c18615cb0a6d99535a5a28144c48dd29dbf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 / {
 	compatible = "wm,wm8650";
 
+	cpus {
+		#address-cells = <0>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
+		};
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8850.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8850.dtsi
index fc790d0aee66e6399865802adc49bfe58fd9af71..3aa1315389358a502ba2fab523de372e9da30b1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8850.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8850.dtsi
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
 / {
 	compatible = "wm,wm8850";
 
+	cpus {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu@0 {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
+			reg = <0x0>;
+		};
+	};
+
 	aliases {
 		serial0 = &uart0;
 		serial1 = &uart1;