diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pl310.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pl310.h
index de7650eae7..d588f94350 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pl310.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pl310.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #define L2X0_CTRL_EN				1
 
 #define L310_SHARED_ATT_OVERRIDE_ENABLE		(1 << 22)
+#define L310_AUX_CTRL_DATA_PREFETCH_MASK	(1 << 28)
+#define L310_AUX_CTRL_INST_PREFETCH_MASK	(1 << 29)
 
 struct pl310_regs {
 	u32 pl310_cache_id;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/misc.c b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/misc.c
index 0940cc5a4f..bbd31ef7b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/misc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/misc.c
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ void enable_caches(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+void v7_outer_cache_enable(void)
+{
+	/* disable the L2 cache */
+	writel(0, &pl310->pl310_ctrl);
+
+	/* enable BRESP, instruction and data prefetch, full line of zeroes */
+	setbits_le32(&pl310->pl310_aux_ctrl,
+		     L310_AUX_CTRL_DATA_PREFETCH_MASK |
+		     L310_AUX_CTRL_INST_PREFETCH_MASK |
+		     L310_SHARED_ATT_OVERRIDE_ENABLE);
+}
+
 /*
  * DesignWare Ethernet initialization
  */