1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
index 315a540c7ce5..8063a322c790 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
+#include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/thread_notify.h>
 #include <asm/vfp.h>
 
@@ -549,10 +550,13 @@ static int __init vfp_init(void)
                 /*
                  * Check for the presence of the Advanced SIMD
                  * load/store instructions, integer and single
-                 * precision floating point operations.
+                 * precision floating point operations. Only check
+                 * for NEON if the hardware has the MVFR registers.
                  */
-                if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0x000fff00) == 0x00011100)
-                        elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_NEON;
+                if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0x000f0000) == 0x000f0000) {
+                        if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0x000fff00) == 0x00011100)
+                                elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_NEON;
+                }
 #endif
         }
         return 0;