diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
index 02f71b4f1e51d54eda5a8ccaba52c666f887898c..32f8eb3fe344958d395d89b17785b38f17f06673 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 extern struct smp_operations tegra_smp_ops;
 
+extern int tegra_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void tegra_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu);
 extern int tegra_cpu_disable(unsigned int cpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
index d8c683b875d1a6ae1b39cb900afe05ddcc657dcc..6a27de4001ee6d700b8b05642d9676a72b8356dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
 
 static void (*tegra_hotplug_shutdown)(void);
 
+int tegra_cpu_kill(unsigned cpu)
+{
+	cpu = cpu_logical_map(cpu);
+
+	/* Clock gate the CPU */
+	tegra_wait_cpu_in_reset(cpu);
+	tegra_disable_cpu_clock(cpu);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * platform-specific code to shutdown a CPU
  *
@@ -26,18 +37,12 @@ static void (*tegra_hotplug_shutdown)(void);
  */
 void __ref tegra_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	cpu = cpu_logical_map(cpu);
-
 	/* Clean L1 data cache */
 	tegra_disable_clean_inv_dcache();
 
 	/* Shut down the current CPU. */
 	tegra_hotplug_shutdown();
 
-	/* Clock gate the CPU */
-	tegra_wait_cpu_in_reset(cpu);
-	tegra_disable_cpu_clock(cpu);
-
 	/* Should never return here. */
 	BUG();
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index 40f8c37c817893172d5b8b059f0c9c949e17f63a..5882da0f4d8a7f4f0a9ff8304989f4657d20314c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ struct smp_operations tegra_smp_ops __initdata = {
 	.smp_secondary_init	= tegra_secondary_init,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= tegra_boot_secondary,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	.cpu_kill		= tegra_cpu_kill,
 	.cpu_die		= tegra_cpu_die,
 	.cpu_disable		= tegra_cpu_disable,
 #endif