diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h
index 50af92bac737..4371f45c5784 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define BOOT_CPU_MODE_MISMATCH	PSR_N_BIT
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
 /*
@@ -41,10 +42,21 @@
  */
 extern int __boot_cpu_mode;
 
+static inline void sync_boot_mode(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * As secondaries write to __boot_cpu_mode with caches disabled, we
+	 * must flush the corresponding cache entries to ensure the visibility
+	 * of their writes.
+	 */
+	sync_cache_r(&__boot_cpu_mode);
+}
+
 void __hyp_set_vectors(unsigned long phys_vector_base);
 unsigned long __hyp_get_vectors(void);
 #else
 #define __boot_cpu_mode	(SVC_MODE)
+#define sync_boot_mode()
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ZIMAGE
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 96286cb383bd..afc2489ee13b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ static int __init meminfo_cmp(const void *_a, const void *_b)
 void __init hyp_mode_check(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
+	sync_boot_mode();
+
 	if (is_hyp_mode_available()) {
 		pr_info("CPU: All CPU(s) started in HYP mode.\n");
 		pr_info("CPU: Virtualization extensions available.\n");