diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
index dd2db025f7787e590d94bb229cb143559f9a8317..66a8be331caf4efa2357f659cbe19360397a677d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP4
 	select PM_OPP if PM
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI if USB_SUPPORT
 	select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND if PM
-	select ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
+	select ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED if SMP
 
 config SOC_OMAP5
 	bool "TI OMAP5"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle44xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle44xx.c
index ee05e193fc61e317b21b368c583f31ce71bbb76b..288bee6cbb76f701b9b675476d87c3b8f16b90cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle44xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle44xx.c
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ int __init omap4_idle_init(void)
 	for_each_cpu(cpu_id, cpu_online_mask) {
 		dev = &per_cpu(omap4_idle_dev, cpu_id);
 		dev->cpu = cpu_id;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
 		dev->coupled_cpus = *cpu_online_mask;
-
+#endif
 		cpuidle_register_driver(&omap4_idle_driver);
 
 		if (cpuidle_register_device(dev)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
index 040b13b5c14a5bdc500f82855123e7940fda6f6f..279b1eaa8b7304bf1028b6f91acedf4f15317148 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static inline int cpuidle_play_dead(void) {return -ENODEV; }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
 void cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier(struct cpuidle_device *dev, atomic_t *a);
+#else
+static inline void cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier(struct cpuidle_device *dev, atomic_t *a)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
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