diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 703438a9698e..9322d267e774 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ config MIPS_MALTA
 	select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6
 	select PCI_GT64XXX_PCI0
 	select MIPS_MSC
+	select SMP_UP if SMP
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R2
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
index 53c24784a2f7..571148c5fd0b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 		return;
 	if (!register_vsmp_smp_ops())
 		return;
+	register_up_smp_ops();
 }
 
 void platform_early_l2_init(void)