diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_scu.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_scu.c
index c947508f84e6..72f9241ad5db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_scu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_scu.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #define SCU_CTRL		0x00
 #define SCU_ENABLE		(1 << 0)
+#define SCU_STANDBY_ENABLE	(1 << 5)
 #define SCU_CONFIG		0x04
 #define SCU_CPU_STATUS		0x08
 #define SCU_INVALIDATE		0x0c
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ void scu_enable(void __iomem *scu_base)
 		return;
 
 	scu_ctrl |= SCU_ENABLE;
+
+	/* Cortex-A9 earlier than r2p0 has no standby bit in SCU */
+	if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0xff0ffff0) == 0x410fc090 &&
+	    (read_cpuid_id() & 0x00f0000f) >= 0x00200000)
+		scu_ctrl |= SCU_STANDBY_ENABLE;
+
 	writel_relaxed(scu_ctrl, scu_base + SCU_CTRL);
 
 	/*