diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index d7692cafde7fdd3d0b4e297620fbf2dd45d611d6..0b1c94b8c65226a85b2a8e696ec51c7cfaea6527 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	void			(*init_irq)(void);
 	struct sys_timer	*timer;		/* system tick timer	*/
 	void			(*init_machine)(void);
+	void			(*init_late)(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	void			(*handle_irq)(struct pt_regs *);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index ebfac782593f048c9cf81a5619f0b3d24900ca8c..549f036a5cf8279b7f0a5348c763baf209840c3a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -800,6 +800,14 @@ static int __init customize_machine(void)
 }
 arch_initcall(customize_machine);
 
+static int __init init_machine_late(void)
+{
+	if (machine_desc->init_late)
+		machine_desc->init_late();
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(init_machine_late);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
 static inline unsigned long long get_total_mem(void)
 {