diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index b118072670fb..a47e175992b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ enum {
 #define CPU_FTR_DAWR			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0400000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_DABRX			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0800000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x1000000000000000)
+#define CPU_FTR_SUBCORE			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x2000000000000000)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ enum {
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ICSWX | CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_DAWR | \
-	    CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | CPU_FTR_TM_COMP)
+	    CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | CPU_FTR_TM_COMP | CPU_FTR_SUBCORE)
 #define CPU_FTRS_POWER8E (CPU_FTRS_POWER8 | CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG)
 #define CPU_FTRS_POWER8_DD1 (CPU_FTRS_POWER8 & ~CPU_FTR_DBELL)
 #define CPU_FTRS_CELL	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
index 503a73f59359..0babef11136f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(subcores_per_core, 0644,
 
 static int subcore_init(void)
 {
-	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SUBCORE))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*