diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 1de3e13a42a1..64f2d198c764 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -575,10 +575,22 @@ void smp_send_reschedule(int cpu)
 
 void smp_send_stop(void)
 {
-	cpumask_t mask = cpu_online_map;
-	cpu_clear(smp_processor_id(), mask);
-	if (!cpus_empty(mask))
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
+		cpumask_t mask = cpu_online_map;
+		cpu_clear(smp_processor_id(), mask);
+
 		smp_cross_call(&mask, IPI_CPU_STOP);
+	}
+
+	/* Wait up to one second for other CPUs to stop */
+	timeout = USEC_PER_SEC;
+	while (num_online_cpus() > 1 && timeout--)
+		udelay(1);
+
+	if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
+		pr_warning("SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs\n");
 }
 
 /*