diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/uncompress.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/uncompress.h
index 22328b70ba5d..7058382a6405 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/uncompress.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/uncompress.h
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 /* how many bytes we allow into the FIFO at a time in FIFO mode */
 #define FIFO_MAX	 (14)
 
+static inline int is_arm926(void)
+{
+	unsigned int cpuid;
+
+	asm volatile ("mrc p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0" : "=r" (cpuid));
+
+	return ((cpuid & 0xff0) == 0x260);
+}
+
 static void arch_detect_cpu(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpuid;
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ static void arch_detect_cpu(void)
 	cpuid = *((volatile unsigned int *)S3C2410_GSTATUS1);
 	cpuid &= S3C2410_GSTATUS1_IDMASK;
 
-	if (cpuid == S3C2410_GSTATUS1_2440 ||
+	if (is_arm926() || cpuid == S3C2410_GSTATUS1_2440 ||
 	    cpuid == S3C2410_GSTATUS1_2442) {
 		fifo_mask = S3C2440_UFSTAT_TXMASK;
 		fifo_max = 63 << S3C2440_UFSTAT_TXSHIFT;