diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index c2d509584a98..d02ad93bf708 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ enum {
 #define CPU_FTR_DAWR			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0400000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_DABRX			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0800000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x1000000000000000)
-#define CPU_FTR_SUBCORE			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x2000000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x4000000000000000)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@ enum {
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ICSWX | CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_DAWR | \
-	    CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | CPU_FTR_TM_COMP | CPU_FTR_SUBCORE)
+	    CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | CPU_FTR_TM_COMP)
 #define CPU_FTRS_POWER8E (CPU_FTRS_POWER8 | CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG)
 #define CPU_FTRS_POWER8_DD1 (CPU_FTRS_POWER8 & ~CPU_FTR_DBELL)
 #define CPU_FTRS_POWER9 (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
index 76eebba13a1d..4c7656dc4e04 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
@@ -643,7 +643,6 @@ static struct dt_cpu_feature_match __initdata
 	{"processor-control-facility", feat_enable_dbell, CPU_FTR_DBELL},
 	{"processor-control-facility-v3", feat_enable_dbell, CPU_FTR_DBELL},
 	{"processor-utilization-of-resources-register", feat_enable_purr, 0},
-	{"subcore", feat_enable, CPU_FTR_SUBCORE},
 	{"no-execute", feat_enable, 0},
 	{"strong-access-ordering", feat_enable, CPU_FTR_SAO},
 	{"cache-inhibited-large-page", feat_enable_large_ci, 0},
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
index 0babef11136f..8c6119280c13 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
@@ -407,7 +407,13 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(subcores_per_core, 0644,
 
 static int subcore_init(void)
 {
-	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SUBCORE))
+	unsigned pvr_ver;
+
+	pvr_ver = PVR_VER(mfspr(SPRN_PVR));
+
+	if (pvr_ver != PVR_POWER8 &&
+	    pvr_ver != PVR_POWER8E &&
+	    pvr_ver != PVR_POWER8NVL)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*