diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
index 739d4f11309773e7ffa5e259bc626604f0008f5b..64c88d657f9efc6360600380910248a51fd3c73b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h>
 #include <asm/smp_twd.h>
+#include <asm/system_info.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
@@ -296,7 +297,6 @@ static struct resource pmu_resources[] = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
-	.name			= "arm-pmu",
 	.id			= -1,
 	.num_resources		= ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_resources),
 	.resource		= pmu_resources,
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ static void __init realview_eb_init(void)
 		 */
 		l2x0_init(__io_address(REALVIEW_EB11MP_L220_BASE), 0x00790000, 0xfe000fff);
 #endif
+		pmu_device.name = core_tile_a9mp() ? "armv7-pmu" : "armv6-pmu";
 		platform_device_register(&pmu_device);
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
index b0e0dcaed944857f18b7d731969f3f773a1957bc..ce92c182349468244dd02c02fc3abd5e1e93ea6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static struct resource pmu_resource = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
-	.name			= "arm-pmu",
+	.name			= "armv6-pmu",
 	.id			= -1,
 	.num_resources		= 1,
 	.resource		= &pmu_resource,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
index 47bf55fdbf27d9bcbacbf04f891d00ecc23d577d..15c45e25095f58963b21f8755840211e871bdefc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static struct resource pmu_resources[] = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
-	.name			= "arm-pmu",
+	.name			= "armv6-pmu",
 	.id			= -1,
 	.num_resources		= ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_resources),
 	.resource		= pmu_resources,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pba8.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pba8.c
index 4e57a8599265b6d69c70285a7573957f3da9347d..4c64662f54370f31b54089f90b869355a66030b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pba8.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pba8.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static struct resource pmu_resource = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
-	.name			= "arm-pmu",
+	.name			= "armv7-pmu",
 	.id			= -1,
 	.num_resources		= 1,
 	.resource		= &pmu_resource,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pbx.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pbx.c
index d89eb40234674e8d639594dbb13ffa5b88e717bc..9a22b864219f32562b66706ab1d083ffd46ed1fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pbx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pbx.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static struct resource pmu_resources[] = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
-	.name			= "arm-pmu",
+	.name			= "armv7-pmu",
 	.id			= -1,
 	.num_resources		= ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_resources),
 	.resource		= pmu_resources,