diff --git a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier.h b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier.h
index 7ff1464..89ed362 100644
--- a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier.h
+++ b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 int uniphier_usb_init(unsigned int soc, uintptr_t *block_dev_spec);
 
 int uniphier_io_setup(unsigned int soc);
-int uniphier_check_image(unsigned int image_id);
 
 struct image_info;
 struct image_info *uniphier_get_image_info(unsigned int image_id);
diff --git a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_bl2_setup.c b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_bl2_setup.c
index f7ae426..fb7997c 100644
--- a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_bl2_setup.c
+++ b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_bl2_setup.c
@@ -88,16 +88,6 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!skip_scp) {
-		ret = uniphier_check_image(SCP_BL2_IMAGE_ID);
-		if (ret) {
-			WARN("SCP_BL2 image not found. SCP_BL2 load will be skipped.\n");
-			WARN("You must setup SCP by other means.\n");
-			skip_scp = 1;
-			uniphier_bl2_kick_scp = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (skip_scp) {
 		struct image_info *image_info;
 
diff --git a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_io_storage.c b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_io_storage.c
index 1fd835b..5d841ac 100644
--- a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_io_storage.c
+++ b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_io_storage.c
@@ -335,21 +335,3 @@
 
 	return io_dev_init(*dev_handle, init_params);
 }
-
-int uniphier_check_image(unsigned int image_id)
-{
-	uintptr_t dev_handle, image_spec, image_handle;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = plat_get_image_source(image_id, &dev_handle, &image_spec);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = io_open(dev_handle, image_spec, &image_handle);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	io_close(image_handle);
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_scp.c b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_scp.c
index 9a921c4..58eb72e 100644
--- a/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_scp.c
+++ b/plat/socionext/uniphier/uniphier_scp.c
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #define UNIPHIER_ROM_RSV3		0x5980120c
 
 #define UNIPHIER_STMBE2COM		0x5f800030
+#define UNIPHIER_STMTOBEIRQ		0x5f800060
 #define UNIPHIER_BETOSTMIRQ0PT		0x5f800070
+#define UNIPHIER_BEIRQCLRPT		0x5f800072
 
 #define UNIPHIER_SCP_READY_MAGIC	0x0000b6a5
 
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@
 	}
 
 	mmio_write_8(UNIPHIER_BETOSTMIRQ0PT, 0x55);
+
+	while (!(mmio_read_32(UNIPHIER_STMTOBEIRQ) & BIT(1)))
+		;
+	mmio_write_8(UNIPHIER_BEIRQCLRPT, BIT(1) | BIT(0));
 }
 
 static void uniphier_scp_send_cmd(const uint8_t *cmd, int cmd_len)