diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index 0a96d0b9338a..9ad4403f2dab 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -230,12 +230,9 @@ static int cache_setup_of_node(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int init_of_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
+static int of_count_cache_leaves(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
-	struct device_node *np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
-	struct device_node *prev = NULL;
-	unsigned int levels = 0, leaves = 0, level;
+	unsigned int leaves = 0;
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "cache-size"))
 		++leaves;
@@ -243,6 +240,28 @@ int init_of_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
 		++leaves;
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "d-cache-size"))
 		++leaves;
+
+	if (!leaves) {
+		/* The '[i-|d-|]cache-size' property is required, but
+		 * if absent, fallback on the 'cache-unified' property.
+		 */
+		if (of_property_read_bool(np, "cache-unified"))
+			return 1;
+		else
+			return 2;
+	}
+
+	return leaves;
+}
+
+int init_of_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+	struct device_node *np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
+	struct device_node *prev = NULL;
+	unsigned int levels = 0, leaves, level;
+
+	leaves = of_count_cache_leaves(np);
 	if (leaves > 0)
 		levels = 1;
 
@@ -256,12 +275,8 @@ int init_of_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
 			goto err_out;
 		if (level <= levels)
 			goto err_out;
-		if (of_property_read_bool(np, "cache-size"))
-			++leaves;
-		if (of_property_read_bool(np, "i-cache-size"))
-			++leaves;
-		if (of_property_read_bool(np, "d-cache-size"))
-			++leaves;
+
+		leaves += of_count_cache_leaves(np);
 		levels = level;
 	}