else
                mvebu_pmsu_set_cpu_boot_addr(hw_cpu, mvebu_cortex_a9_secondary_startup);
        smp_wmb();
+
+       /*
+        * Doing this before deasserting the CPUs is needed to wake up CPUs
+        * in the offline state after using CPU hotplug.
+        */
+       arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(cpumask_of(cpu));
+
        ret = mvebu_cpu_reset_deassert(hw_cpu);
        if (ret) {
                pr_err("Could not start the secondary CPU: %d\n", ret);
                return ret;
        }
-       arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(cpumask_of(cpu));
 
        return 0;
 }
+/*
+ * When a CPU is brought back online, either through CPU hotplug, or
+ * because of the boot of a kexec'ed kernel, the PMSU configuration
+ * for this CPU might be in the deep idle state, preventing this CPU
+ * from receiving interrupts. Here, we therefore take out the current
+ * CPU from this state, which was entered by armada_38x_cpu_die()
+ * below.
+ */
+static void armada_38x_secondary_init(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+       mvebu_v7_pmsu_idle_exit();
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static void armada_38x_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+       /*
+        * CPU hotplug is implemented by putting offline CPUs into the
+        * deep idle sleep state.
+        */
+       armada_38x_do_cpu_suspend(true);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We need a dummy function, so that platform_can_cpu_hotplug() knows
+ * we support CPU hotplug. However, the function does not need to do
+ * anything, because CPUs going offline can enter the deep idle state
+ * by themselves, without any help from a still alive CPU.
+ */
+static int armada_38x_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+       return 1;
+}
+#endif
 
 static struct smp_operations mvebu_cortex_a9_smp_ops __initdata = {
        .smp_boot_secondary     = mvebu_cortex_a9_boot_secondary,
 };
 
+static struct smp_operations armada_38x_smp_ops __initdata = {
+       .smp_boot_secondary     = mvebu_cortex_a9_boot_secondary,
+       .smp_secondary_init     = armada_38x_secondary_init,
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+       .cpu_die                = armada_38x_cpu_die,
+       .cpu_kill               = armada_38x_cpu_kill,
+#endif
+};
+
 CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(mvebu_armada_375_smp, "marvell,armada-375-smp",
                      &mvebu_cortex_a9_smp_ops);
 CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(mvebu_armada_380_smp, "marvell,armada-380-smp",
-                     &mvebu_cortex_a9_smp_ops);
+                     &armada_38x_smp_ops);