diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-qcom/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-qcom/platsmp.c
index 5494c9e0c909..99a6a5e809e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-qcom/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-qcom/platsmp.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 
 extern void secondary_startup_arm(void);
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(boot_lock);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static void qcom_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 {
@@ -55,15 +53,6 @@ static void qcom_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void qcom_secondary_init(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Synchronise with the boot thread.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&boot_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&boot_lock);
-}
-
 static int scss_release_secondary(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct device_node *node;
@@ -280,12 +269,6 @@ static int qcom_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, int (*func)(unsigned int))
 			per_cpu(cold_boot_done, cpu) = true;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * set synchronisation state between this boot processor
-	 * and the secondary one
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&boot_lock);
-
 	/*
 	 * Send the secondary CPU a soft interrupt, thereby causing
 	 * the boot monitor to read the system wide flags register,
@@ -293,12 +276,6 @@ static int qcom_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, int (*func)(unsigned int))
 	 */
 	arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(cpumask_of(cpu));
 
-	/*
-	 * now the secondary core is starting up let it run its
-	 * calibrations, then wait for it to finish
-	 */
-	spin_unlock(&boot_lock);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -334,7 +311,6 @@ static void __init qcom_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 
 static const struct smp_operations smp_msm8660_ops __initconst = {
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= qcom_smp_prepare_cpus,
-	.smp_secondary_init	= qcom_secondary_init,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= msm8660_boot_secondary,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	.cpu_die		= qcom_cpu_die,
@@ -344,7 +320,6 @@ CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(qcom_smp, "qcom,gcc-msm8660", &smp_msm8660_ops);
 
 static const struct smp_operations qcom_smp_kpssv1_ops __initconst = {
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= qcom_smp_prepare_cpus,
-	.smp_secondary_init	= qcom_secondary_init,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= kpssv1_boot_secondary,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	.cpu_die		= qcom_cpu_die,
@@ -354,7 +329,6 @@ CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(qcom_smp_kpssv1, "qcom,kpss-acc-v1", &qcom_smp_kpssv1_ops)
 
 static const struct smp_operations qcom_smp_kpssv2_ops __initconst = {
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= qcom_smp_prepare_cpus,
-	.smp_secondary_init	= qcom_secondary_init,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= kpssv2_boot_secondary,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	.cpu_die		= qcom_cpu_die,