diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-cavium-octeon/cpu-feature-overrides.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-cavium-octeon/cpu-feature-overrides.h
index 425e708d4fb9..bbf054042395 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-cavium-octeon/cpu-feature-overrides.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-cavium-octeon/cpu-feature-overrides.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 #define cpu_has_vint		0
 #define cpu_has_veic		0
 #define cpu_hwrena_impl_bits	0xc0000000
+
+#define kernel_uses_smartmips_rixi (cpu_data[0].cputype == CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON_PLUS)
+
 #define ARCH_HAS_READ_CURRENT_TIMER 1
 #define ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU	1
 #define ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH 1