diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index a2c5c95..364e6cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ enum powerpc_pmc_type {
 extern int machine_check_e500(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int machine_check_e200(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int machine_check_47x(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_E500) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
+extern void __flush_caches_e500v2(void);
+extern void __flush_caches_e500mc(void);
+extern void __flush_caches_e5500(void);
+extern void __flush_caches_e6500(void);
+#endif
+
 int machine_check_8xx(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 extern void cpu_down_flush_e500v2(void);
@@ -70,6 +78,10 @@ struct cpu_spec {
 	/* flush caches inside the current cpu */
 	void (*cpu_down_flush)(void);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_E500) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
+	/* flush caches of the cpu which is running the function */
+	void (*cpu_flush_caches)(void);
+#endif
 	/* number of performance monitor counters */
 	unsigned int	num_pmcs;
 	enum powerpc_pmc_type pmc_type;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index ea5eb91..cb4b869 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ int main(void)
 	OFFSET(CPU_SPEC_FEATURES, cpu_spec, cpu_features);
 	OFFSET(CPU_SPEC_SETUP, cpu_spec, cpu_setup);
 	OFFSET(CPU_SPEC_RESTORE, cpu_spec, cpu_restore);
+#if defined(CONFIG_E500) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
+	OFFSET(CPU_FLUSH_CACHES, cpu_spec, cpu_flush_caches);
+#endif
 
 	OFFSET(pbe_address, pbe, address);
 	OFFSET(pbe_orig_address, pbe, orig_address);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_fsl_booke.S
index 462aed9..e94eb41 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_fsl_booke.S
@@ -345,3 +345,84 @@ _GLOBAL(cpu_down_flush_e5500)
 /* L1 Data Cache of e6500 contains no modified data, no flush is required */
 _GLOBAL(cpu_down_flush_e6500)
 	blr
+
+_GLOBAL(__flush_caches_e500v2)
+	mflr r0
+	bl	flush_dcache_L1
+	mtlr r0
+	blr
+
+_GLOBAL(__flush_caches_e500mc)
+_GLOBAL(__flush_caches_e5500)
+	mflr r0
+	bl	flush_dcache_L1
+	bl	flush_backside_L2_cache
+	mtlr r0
+	blr
+
+/* L1 Data Cache of e6500 contains no modified data, no flush is required */
+_GLOBAL(__flush_caches_e6500)
+	blr
+
+	/* r3 = virtual address of L2 controller, WIMG = 01xx */
+_GLOBAL(flush_disable_L2)
+	/* It's a write-through cache, so only invalidation is needed. */
+	mbar
+	isync
+	lwz	r4, 0(r3)
+	li	r5, 1
+	rlwimi	r4, r5, 30, 0xc0000000
+	stw	r4, 0(r3)
+
+	/* Wait for the invalidate to finish */
+1:	lwz	r4, 0(r3)
+	andis.	r4, r4, 0x4000
+	bne	1b
+	mbar
+
+	blr
+
+	/* r3 = virtual address of L2 controller, WIMG = 01xx */
+_GLOBAL(invalidate_enable_L2)
+	mbar
+	isync
+	lwz	r4, 0(r3)
+	li	r5, 3
+	rlwimi	r4, r5, 30, 0xc0000000
+	stw	r4, 0(r3)
+
+	/* Wait for the invalidate to finish */
+1:	lwz	r4, 0(r3)
+	andis.	r4, r4, 0x4000
+	bne	1b
+	mbar
+
+	blr
+
+/* Flush L1 d-cache, invalidate and disable d-cache and i-cache */
+_GLOBAL(__flush_disable_L1)
+	mflr	r10
+	bl	flush_dcache_L1	/* Flush L1 d-cache */
+	mtlr	r10
+
+	mfspr	r4, SPRN_L1CSR0	/* Invalidate and disable d-cache */
+	li	r5, 2
+	rlwimi	r4, r5, 0, 3
+
+	msync
+	isync
+	mtspr	SPRN_L1CSR0, r4
+	isync
+
+1:	mfspr	r4, SPRN_L1CSR0	/* Wait for the invalidate to finish */
+	andi.	r4, r4, 2
+	bne	1b
+
+	mfspr	r4, SPRN_L1CSR1	/* Invalidate and disable i-cache */
+	li	r5, 2
+	rlwimi	r4, r5, 0, 3
+
+	mtspr	SPRN_L1CSR1, r4
+	isync
+
+	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
index c40a9fc..eec3ca7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -2100,6 +2100,7 @@
 		.machine_check		= machine_check_e500,
 		.platform		= "ppc8548",
 		.cpu_down_flush		= cpu_down_flush_e500v2,
+		.cpu_flush_caches	= __flush_caches_e500v2,
 	},
 #else
 	{	/* e500mc */
@@ -2120,6 +2121,7 @@
 		.machine_check		= machine_check_e500mc,
 		.platform		= "ppce500mc",
 		.cpu_down_flush		= cpu_down_flush_e500mc,
+		.cpu_flush_caches	= __flush_caches_e500mc,
 	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_E500MC */
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
@@ -2145,6 +2147,7 @@
 		.machine_check		= machine_check_e500mc,
 		.platform		= "ppce5500",
 		.cpu_down_flush		= cpu_down_flush_e5500,
+		.cpu_flush_caches	= __flush_caches_e5500,
 	},
 	{	/* e6500 */
 		.pvr_mask		= 0xffff0000,
@@ -2168,6 +2171,7 @@
 		.machine_check		= machine_check_e500mc,
 		.platform		= "ppce6500",
 		.cpu_down_flush		= cpu_down_flush_e6500,
+		.cpu_flush_caches	= __flush_caches_e6500,
 	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_E500MC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
