diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
index 59066cf0271a0b1da22a311098bf001d2eb1c90d..536a137863cba2e533b1cdf750958522c292929d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_SOC_OMAP5=y
 CONFIG_SOC_AM33XX=y
 CONFIG_SOC_AM43XX=y
 CONFIG_SOC_DRA7XX=y
+CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0=y
 CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE=y
 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
index 0ba482638ebfd1f72c4ad189834ea969cc1f510c..2085b3d42ed6a390b45531a3072ef059139ca2a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ config ARCH_OMAP4
 	select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND if PM
 	select ARM_ERRATA_720789
 	select ARM_GIC
-	select CACHE_L2X0
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_TWD if SMP
 	select OMAP_INTERCONNECT
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
index ff029737c8f015cbd41cb5992ccad854c0fb5503..a373d508799ae9789725a2390452b1584fd0c3de 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ extern void omap3_sync32k_timer_init(void);
 extern void omap3_secure_sync32k_timer_init(void);
 extern void omap3_gptimer_timer_init(void);
 extern void omap4_local_timer_init(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0
 int omap_l2_cache_init(void);
+#else
+static inline int omap_l2_cache_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 extern void omap5_realtime_timer_init(void);
 
 void omap2420_init_early(void);