diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7562f884f2c..94360e7a7ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ
 	  and that the relevant menu configurations are displayed for
 	  it.
 
+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
+       def_bool y
+
 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
index 8ba1ccf82a0..48e360c7432 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size
 extern void disable_hlt(void);
 extern void enable_hlt(void);
 
+void cpu_idle_wait(void);
+
 #include <asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h>
 
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 401e38be1f7..23def52d2d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -135,6 +135,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 void (*arm_pm_restart)(char str, const char *cmd) = arm_machine_restart;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arm_pm_restart);
 
+static void do_nothing(void *unused)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs discard old value of
+ * pm_idle and update to new pm_idle value. Required while changing pm_idle
+ * handler on SMP systems.
+ *
+ * Caller must have changed pm_idle to the new value before the call. Old
+ * pm_idle value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
+ */
+void cpu_idle_wait(void)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	/* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of pm_idle */
+	smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
 
 /*
  * This is our default idle handler.  We need to disable