diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
index 891a56b35bcf..563b92fc2f41 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+struct l2x0_regs;
+
 struct outer_cache_fns {
 	void (*inv_range)(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 	void (*clean_range)(unsigned long, unsigned long);
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ struct outer_cache_fns {
 
 	/* This is an ARM L2C thing */
 	void (*write_sec)(unsigned long, unsigned);
+	void (*configure)(const struct l2x0_regs *);
 };
 
 extern struct outer_cache_fns outer_cache;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
index dde0d54ac41e..5288153f28b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ static inline void l2c_unlock(void __iomem *base, unsigned num)
 
 static void l2c_configure(void __iomem *base)
 {
+	if (outer_cache.configure) {
+		outer_cache.configure(&l2x0_saved_regs);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (l2x0_data->configure)
 		l2x0_data->configure(base);
 
@@ -910,6 +915,7 @@ static int __init __l2c_init(const struct l2c_init_data *data,
 
 	fns = data->outer_cache;
 	fns.write_sec = outer_cache.write_sec;
+	fns.configure = outer_cache.configure;
 	if (data->fixup)
 		data->fixup(l2x0_base, cache_id, &fns);