diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/phytec-som-imx6/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/phytec-som-imx6/lowlevel.c
index 07ac443..29811d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/phytec-som-imx6/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/phytec-som-imx6/lowlevel.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 	if (cpu_type == IMX6_CPUTYPE_IMX6UL
 	    || cpu_type == IMX6_CPUTYPE_IMX6ULL) {
-		arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
+		imx6ul_cpu_lowlevel_init();
 		/* OCRAM Free Area is 0x00907000 to 0x00918000 (68KB) */
 		arm_setup_stack(0x00910000 - 8);
 	} else {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/technexion-pico-hobbit/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/technexion-pico-hobbit/lowlevel.c
index aad5512..f351e67 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/technexion-pico-hobbit/lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/technexion-pico-hobbit/lowlevel.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 {
 	void *fdt;
 
-	arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
+	imx6ul_cpu_lowlevel_init();
 
 	arm_setup_stack(0x00910000 - 8);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/lowlevel.S b/arch/arm/cpu/lowlevel.S
index e5baa12..7696a19 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/lowlevel.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/lowlevel.S
@@ -58,3 +58,10 @@
 
 	mov	pc, r2
 ENDPROC(arm_cpu_lowlevel_init)
+
+ENTRY(cortex_a7_lowlevel_init)
+	mrc	p15, 0, r12, c1, c0, 1
+	orr	r12, r12, #(1 << 6)	/* Enable SMP for cortex-a7 to make caches work */
+	mcr	p15, 0, r12, c1, c0, 1
+	mov	pc, lr
+ENDPROC(cortex_a7_lowlevel_init)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm-head.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm-head.h
index 0a2eb6b..bd9c9b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm-head.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm-head.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 void arm_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);
+void cortex_a7_lowlevel_init(void);
 
 /*
  * 32 bytes at this offset is reserved in the barebox head for board/SoC
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/cpu_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/cpu_init.c
index 2b388ca..6a6c4c5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/cpu_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/cpu_init.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/barebox-arm-head.h>
 #include <asm/errata.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 
 void imx5_cpu_lowlevel_init(void)
 {
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@
 	enable_arm_errata_845369_war();
 }
 
+void imx6ul_cpu_lowlevel_init(void)
+{
+	cortex_a7_lowlevel_init();
+	arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
+}
+
 void imx7_cpu_lowlevel_init(void)
 {
 	arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/generic.h b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/generic.h
index 73be9ce..f68dc87 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/generic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/generic.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 void imx5_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);
 void imx6_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);
+void imx6ul_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);
 void imx7_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);
 void vf610_cpu_lowlevel_init(void);