diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/mcip.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/mcip.h
index 52c11f0bb0e5..c9b2b402a810 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/mcip.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/mcip.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static inline void __mcip_cmd_data(unsigned int cmd, unsigned int param,
 	__mcip_cmd(cmd, param);
 }
 
-extern void mcip_init_early_smp(void);
 extern void mcip_init_smp(unsigned int cpu);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/mcip.c b/arch/arc/kernel/mcip.c
index e18d36eb0af6..96b0b62ced65 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/mcip.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/mcip.c
@@ -97,13 +97,7 @@ static void mcip_ipi_clear(int irq)
 #endif
 }
 
-struct plat_smp_ops plat_smp_ops = {
-	.info		= smp_cpuinfo_buf,
-	.ipi_send	= mcip_ipi_send,
-	.ipi_clear	= mcip_ipi_clear,
-};
-
-void mcip_init_early_smp(void)
+static void mcip_probe_n_setup(void)
 {
 	struct mcip_bcr {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -142,6 +136,13 @@ void mcip_init_early_smp(void)
 		panic("kernel trying to use non-existent GRTC\n");
 }
 
+struct plat_smp_ops plat_smp_ops = {
+	.info		= smp_cpuinfo_buf,
+	.init_early_smp	= mcip_probe_n_setup,
+	.ipi_send	= mcip_ipi_send,
+	.ipi_clear	= mcip_ipi_clear,
+};
+
 /***************************************************************************
  * ARCv2 Interrupt Distribution Unit (IDU)
  *
diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-axs10x/axs10x.c b/arch/arc/plat-axs10x/axs10x.c
index 0a77b19e1df8..9ce199963363 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-axs10x/axs10x.c
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-axs10x/axs10x.c
@@ -455,11 +455,6 @@ static void __init axs103_early_init(void)
 	axs10x_print_board_ver(AXC003_CREG + 4088, "AXC003 CPU Card");
 
 	axs10x_early_init();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_MCIP
-	/* No Hardware init, but filling the smp ops callbacks */
-	mcip_init_early_smp();
-#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-sim/platform.c b/arch/arc/plat-sim/platform.c
index d9e35b4a2f08..e4128cca1b52 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-sim/platform.c
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-sim/platform.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ static const char *simulation_compat[] __initconst = {
 MACHINE_START(SIMULATION, "simulation")
 	.dt_compat	= simulation_compat,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_MCIP
-	.init_early	= mcip_init_early_smp,
 	.init_smp	= mcip_init_smp,
 #endif
 MACHINE_END