diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
index f4ab34fd4f72..ee5f3084243c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define FPSID_NODOUBLE		(1<<20)
 #define FPSID_ARCH_BIT		(16)
 #define FPSID_ARCH_MASK		(0xF  << FPSID_ARCH_BIT)
+#define FPSID_CPUID_ARCH_MASK	(0x7F  << FPSID_ARCH_BIT)
 #define FPSID_PART_BIT		(8)
 #define FPSID_PART_MASK		(0xFF << FPSID_PART_BIT)
 #define FPSID_VARIANT_BIT	(4)
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@
 /* MVFR0 bits */
 #define MVFR0_A_SIMD_BIT	(0)
 #define MVFR0_A_SIMD_MASK	(0xf << MVFR0_A_SIMD_BIT)
+#define MVFR0_SP_BIT		(4)
+#define MVFR0_SP_MASK		(0xf << MVFR0_SP_BIT)
+#define MVFR0_DP_BIT		(8)
+#define MVFR0_DP_MASK		(0xf << MVFR0_DP_BIT)
 
 /* Bit patterns for decoding the packaged operation descriptors */
 #define VFPOPDESC_LENGTH_BIT	(9)
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
index 2f37e1d6cb45..5002d002f6e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ static int __init vfp_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int vfpsid;
 	unsigned int cpu_arch = cpu_architecture();
+	u32 mvfr0;
 
 	if (cpu_arch >= CPU_ARCH_ARMv6)
 		on_each_cpu(vfp_enable, NULL, 1);
@@ -738,63 +739,73 @@ static int __init vfp_init(void)
 	vfp_vector = vfp_null_entry;
 
 	pr_info("VFP support v0.3: ");
-	if (VFP_arch)
+	if (VFP_arch) {
 		pr_cont("not present\n");
-	else if (vfpsid & FPSID_NODOUBLE) {
-		pr_cont("no double precision support\n");
-	} else {
-		hotcpu_notifier(vfp_hotplug, 0);
-
-		VFP_arch = (vfpsid & FPSID_ARCH_MASK) >> FPSID_ARCH_BIT;  /* Extract the architecture version */
-		pr_cont("implementor %02x architecture %d part %02x variant %x rev %x\n",
-			(vfpsid & FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_MASK) >> FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_BIT,
-			(vfpsid & FPSID_ARCH_MASK) >> FPSID_ARCH_BIT,
-			(vfpsid & FPSID_PART_MASK) >> FPSID_PART_BIT,
-			(vfpsid & FPSID_VARIANT_MASK) >> FPSID_VARIANT_BIT,
-			(vfpsid & FPSID_REV_MASK) >> FPSID_REV_BIT);
-
-		vfp_vector = vfp_support_entry;
-
-		thread_register_notifier(&vfp_notifier_block);
-		vfp_pm_init();
-
-		/*
-		 * We detected VFP, and the support code is
-		 * in place; report VFP support to userspace.
-		 */
-		elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFP;
-#ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
-		if (VFP_arch >= 2) {
-			elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv3;
-
-			/*
-			 * Check for VFPv3 D16 and VFPv4 D16.  CPUs in
-			 * this configuration only have 16 x 64bit
-			 * registers.
-			 */
-			if (((fmrx(MVFR0) & MVFR0_A_SIMD_MASK)) == 1)
-				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv3D16; /* also v4-D16 */
-			else
-				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPD32;
-		}
-#endif
+		return 0;
+	/* Extract the architecture on CPUID scheme */
+	} else if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0x000f0000) == 0x000f0000) {
+		VFP_arch = vfpsid & FPSID_CPUID_ARCH_MASK;
+		VFP_arch >>= FPSID_ARCH_BIT;
 		/*
 		 * Check for the presence of the Advanced SIMD
 		 * load/store instructions, integer and single
 		 * precision floating point operations. Only check
 		 * for NEON if the hardware has the MVFR registers.
 		 */
-		if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0x000f0000) == 0x000f0000) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEON
-			if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0x000fff00) == 0x00011100)
-				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_NEON;
+		if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0x000fff00) == 0x00011100)
+			elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_NEON;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
-			if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0xf0000000) == 0x10000000)
-				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv4;
-#endif
+		mvfr0 = fmrx(MVFR0);
+		if (((mvfr0 & MVFR0_DP_MASK) >> MVFR0_DP_BIT) == 0x2 ||
+		    ((mvfr0 & MVFR0_SP_MASK) >> MVFR0_SP_BIT) == 0x2) {
+			elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv3;
+			/*
+			 * Check for VFPv3 D16 and VFPv4 D16.  CPUs in
+			 * this configuration only have 16 x 64bit
+			 * registers.
+			 */
+			if ((mvfr0 & MVFR0_A_SIMD_MASK) == 1)
+				/* also v4-D16 */
+				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv3D16;
+			else
+				elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPD32;
 		}
+
+		if ((fmrx(MVFR1) & 0xf0000000) == 0x10000000)
+			elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFPv4;
+#endif
+	/* Extract the architecture version on pre-cpuid scheme */
+	} else {
+		if (vfpsid & FPSID_NODOUBLE) {
+			pr_cont("no double precision support\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		VFP_arch = (vfpsid & FPSID_ARCH_MASK) >> FPSID_ARCH_BIT;
 	}
+
+	hotcpu_notifier(vfp_hotplug, 0);
+
+	vfp_vector = vfp_support_entry;
+
+	thread_register_notifier(&vfp_notifier_block);
+	vfp_pm_init();
+
+	/*
+	 * We detected VFP, and the support code is
+	 * in place; report VFP support to userspace.
+	 */
+	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_VFP;
+
+	pr_cont("implementor %02x architecture %d part %02x variant %x rev %x\n",
+		(vfpsid & FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_MASK) >> FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_BIT,
+		VFP_arch,
+		(vfpsid & FPSID_PART_MASK) >> FPSID_PART_BIT,
+		(vfpsid & FPSID_VARIANT_MASK) >> FPSID_VARIANT_BIT,
+		(vfpsid & FPSID_REV_MASK) >> FPSID_REV_BIT);
+
 	return 0;
 }