diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/cpucontrol.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/cpucontrol.h
index 7b63a6b722a0..6d2e58a9a542 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/cpucontrol.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/cpucontrol.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #define CPU_BLOCKID_FPU		9
 #define CPU_BLOCKID_MAP		10
 
+#define ICU_DEFEATURE		0x100
+
 #define LSU_DEFEATURE		0x304
 #define LSU_DEBUG_ADDR		0x305
 #define LSU_DEBUG_DATA0		0x306
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smpboot.S b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smpboot.S
index a0b74874bebe..d772a87fe846 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smpboot.S
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smpboot.S
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
 #endif
 	mtcr	t1, t0
 
+	li	t0, ICU_DEFEATURE
+	mfcr	t1, t0
+	ori	t1, 0x1000	/* Enable Icache partitioning */
+	mtcr	t1, t0
+
+
 #ifdef XLP_AX_WORKAROUND
 	li	t0, SCHED_DEFEATURE
 	lui	t1, 0x0100	/* Disable BRU accepting ALU ops */