diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 821252b65f89..4afb42d5707d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -403,6 +403,20 @@ config RISCV_SBI_V01
 	  This config allows kernel to use SBI v0.1 APIs. This will be
 	  deprecated in future once legacy M-mode software are no longer in use.
 
+config RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
+	bool "Spinwait booting method"
+	depends on SMP
+	default y
+	help
+	  This enables support for booting Linux via spinwait method. In the
+	  spinwait method, all cores randomly jump to Linux. One of the core
+	  gets chosen via lottery and all other keeps spinning on a percpu
+	  variable. This method can not support cpu hotplug and sparse hartid
+	  scheme. It should be only enabled for M-mode Linux or platforms relying
+	  on older firmware without SBI HSM extension. All other platform should
+	  rely on ordered booing via SBI HSM extension which gets chosen
+          dynamically at runtime if the firmware supports it.
+
 config KEXEC
 	bool "Kexec system call"
 	select KEXEC_CORE
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
index 3397ddac1a30..612556faa527 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= smpboot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= smp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= cpu_ops.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= cpu_ops_spinwait.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT) += cpu_ops_spinwait.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)		+= module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SECTIONS)	+= module-sections.o
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
index c1e30f403c3b..170d07e57721 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@
 const struct cpu_operations *cpu_ops[NR_CPUS] __ro_after_init;
 
 extern const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_sbi;
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
 extern const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_spinwait;
+#else
+const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_spinwait = {
+	.name		= "",
+	.cpu_prepare	= NULL,
+	.cpu_start	= NULL,
+};
+#endif
 
 void __init cpu_set_ops(int cpuid)
 {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
index 9f16bfe9307e..4a694e15b95b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pmp_done:
 	li t0, SR_FS
 	csrc CSR_STATUS, t0
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
 	li t0, CONFIG_NR_CPUS
 	blt a0, t0, .Lgood_cores
 	tail .Lsecondary_park
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ pmp_done:
 	beq t0, t1, .Lsecondary_start
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_XIP */
-#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 	la sp, _end + THREAD_SIZE
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ clear_bss_done:
 	call soc_early_init
 	tail start_kernel
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT)
 .Lsecondary_start:
 	/* Set trap vector to spin forever to help debug */
 	la a3, .Lsecondary_park
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
index 5393cca77790..726731ada534 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa);
 asmlinkage void __init __copy_data(void);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
 extern void *__cpu_spinwait_stack_pointer[];
 extern void *__cpu_spinwait_task_pointer[];
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __ASM_HEAD_H */