diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga.dtsi
index d9176e6061731b7c42ee792338fab3509482c603..3a02b417ba87327b0c2fd0d9488ecc16ad2ed8c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga.dtsi
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "altr,socfpga-smp";
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga_arria10.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga_arria10.dtsi
index 4cf0733b930b98bbef8f63d59fee61b24c49e397..774e041b25722c6f6c9932845e80cbd92bc0bed1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga_arria10.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/socfpga_arria10.dtsi
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		enable-method = "altr,socfpga-a10-smp";
 
 		cpu@0 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";