diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 9916e4d206a3..db3c5414223e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1111,9 +1111,9 @@ config ARM_NR_BANKS
 	default 8
 
 config IWMMXT
-	bool "Enable iWMMXt support" if !CPU_PJ4
-	depends on CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_PJ4
-	default y if PXA27x || PXA3xx || ARCH_MMP || CPU_PJ4
+	bool "Enable iWMMXt support"
+	depends on CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_PJ4 || CPU_PJ4B
+	default y if PXA27x || PXA3xx || ARCH_MMP || CPU_PJ4 || CPU_PJ4B
 	help
 	  Enable support for iWMMXt context switching at run time if
 	  running on a CPU that supports it.
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
index c651e3b26ec7..4764344367d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
@@ -222,22 +222,22 @@ static inline int cpu_is_xsc3(void)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Marvell's PJ4 core is based on V7 version. It has some modification
- * for coprocessor setting. For this reason, we need a way to distinguish
- * it.
+ * Marvell's PJ4 and PJ4B cores are based on V7 version,
+ * but require a specical sequence for enabling coprocessors.
+ * For this reason, we need a way to distinguish them.
  */
-#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_PJ4
-#define cpu_is_pj4()	0
-#else
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4B)
 static inline int cpu_is_pj4(void)
 {
 	unsigned int id;
 
 	id = read_cpuid_id();
-	if ((id & 0xfffffff0) == 0x562f5840)
+	if ((id & 0xff0fff00) == 0x560f5800)
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
+#else
+#define cpu_is_pj4()	0
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index a766bcbaf8ad..040619c32d68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_XSCALE)	+= xscale-cp0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_XSC3)		+= xscale-cp0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_MOHAWK)	+= xscale-cp0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4)		+= pj4-cp0.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4B)		+= pj4-cp0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IWMMXT)		+= iwmmxt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_regs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_event.o perf_event_cpu.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/iwmmxt.S b/arch/arm/kernel/iwmmxt.S
index a08783823b32..2452dd1bef53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/iwmmxt.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/iwmmxt.S
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_PJ4B)
 #define PJ4(code...)		code
 #define XSC(code...)
-#else
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_MOHAWK) || \
+	defined(CONFIG_CPU_XSC3) || \
+	defined(CONFIG_CPU_XSCALE)
 #define PJ4(code...)
 #define XSC(code...)		code
+#else
+#error "Unsupported iWMMXt architecture"
 #endif
 
 #define MMX_WR0		 	(0x00)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/pj4-cp0.c b/arch/arm/kernel/pj4-cp0.c
index fc7208636284..8153e36b2491 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/pj4-cp0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/pj4-cp0.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int iwmmxt_do(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd, void *t)
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block iwmmxt_notifier_block = {
+static struct notifier_block __maybe_unused iwmmxt_notifier_block = {
 	.notifier_call	= iwmmxt_do,
 };
 
@@ -72,6 +72,33 @@ static void __init pj4_cp_access_write(u32 value)
 		: "=r" (temp) : "r" (value));
 }
 
+static int __init pj4_get_iwmmxt_version(void)
+{
+	u32 cp_access, wcid;
+
+	cp_access = pj4_cp_access_read();
+	pj4_cp_access_write(cp_access | 0xf);
+
+	/* check if coprocessor 0 and 1 are available */
+	if ((pj4_cp_access_read() & 0xf) != 0xf) {
+		pj4_cp_access_write(cp_access);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	/* read iWMMXt coprocessor id register p1, c0 */
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mrc    p1, 0, %0, c0, c0, 0\n" : "=r" (wcid));
+
+	pj4_cp_access_write(cp_access);
+
+	/* iWMMXt v1 */
+	if ((wcid & 0xffffff00) == 0x56051000)
+		return 1;
+	/* iWMMXt v2 */
+	if ((wcid & 0xffffff00) == 0x56052000)
+		return 2;
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 
 /*
  * Disable CP0/CP1 on boot, and let call_fpe() and the iWMMXt lazy
@@ -79,17 +106,26 @@ static void __init pj4_cp_access_write(u32 value)
  */
 static int __init pj4_cp0_init(void)
 {
-	u32 cp_access;
+	u32 __maybe_unused cp_access;
+	int vers;
 
 	if (!cpu_is_pj4())
 		return 0;
 
+	vers = pj4_get_iwmmxt_version();
+	if (vers < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_IWMMXT
+	pr_info("PJ4 iWMMXt coprocessor detected, but kernel support is missing.\n");
+#else
 	cp_access = pj4_cp_access_read() & ~0xf;
 	pj4_cp_access_write(cp_access);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "PJ4 iWMMXt coprocessor enabled.\n");
+	pr_info("PJ4 iWMMXt v%d coprocessor enabled.\n", vers);
 	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_IWMMXT;
 	thread_register_notifier(&iwmmxt_notifier_block);
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }