diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 2219a07dca1e..4d03616bf597 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_UNCACHED_SEGMENT
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_PREP_COHERENT
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
+	bool
+
 # Select if arch init_task must go in the __init_task_data section
 config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
        bool
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index b42e9c413447..782491dd1999 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ void arch_cpu_idle_enter(void);
 void arch_cpu_idle_exit(void);
 void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
+void arch_cpu_finalize_init(void);
+#else
+static inline void arch_cpu_finalize_init(void) { }
+#endif
+
 int cpu_report_state(int cpu);
 int cpu_check_up_prepare(int cpu);
 void cpu_set_state_online(int cpu);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index a17a111d9336..a7bb890fbcc3 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -772,7 +772,12 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	delayacct_init();
 
 	poking_init();
+
+	arch_cpu_finalize_init();
+	/* Temporary conditional until everything has been converted */
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
 	check_bugs();
+#endif
 
 	acpi_subsystem_init();
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();