diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
index 43baed16a1093aea91ec92b872976ba0cd605317..134e1fc8f4d6d7a5eb5ae3b2d361284b23ab5e95 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ do {									\
 		__instruction_hazard();					\
 } while (0)
 
-#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_R10000) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_R10000) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON) || \
+      defined(CONFIG_CPU_R5500)
 
 /*
  * R10000 rocks - all hazards handled in hardware, so this becomes a nobrainer.
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/prefetch.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/prefetch.h
index 17850834ccb0960ea8fe46c910c48e64cb61171a..a56594f360ee247e4bf560b1274984622dfc5857 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/prefetch.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/prefetch.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Pref_WriteBackInvalidate is a nop and Pref_PrepareForStore is broken in
  * current versions due to erratum G105.
  *
- * VR7701 only implements the Load prefetch.
+ * VR5500 (including VR5701 and VR7701) only implement load prefetch.
  *
  * Finally MIPS32 and MIPS64 implement all of the following hints.
  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index a7162a4484cff791612d00d028280aa0132c67e4..1bdbcad3bb7414d2a394150e02bfcbbb0eb9db27 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ void __init check_wait(void)
 	case CPU_R4650:
 	case CPU_R4700:
 	case CPU_R5000:
+	case CPU_R5500:
 	case CPU_NEVADA:
 	case CPU_4KC:
 	case CPU_4KEC:
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/page.c b/arch/mips/mm/page.c
index 1417c6494858cb383d3c3a254f28ab2f619485ad..48060c635acdc91458fe2528c599c395ae410b6b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/page.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/page.c
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ static void __cpuinit set_prefetch_parameters(void)
 		 */
 		cache_line_size = cpu_dcache_line_size();
 		switch (current_cpu_type()) {
+		case CPU_R5500:
 		case CPU_TX49XX:
-			/* TX49 supports only Pref_Load */
+			/* These processors only support the Pref_Load. */
 			pref_bias_copy_load = 256;
 			break;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
index 42942038d0fd4daa4a3a7a4be7fcabe43d014fa0..f335cf6cdd78ed1c60da268fc63d5979fb9800a8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ static void __cpuinit build_tlb_write_entry(u32 **p, struct uasm_label **l,
 	case CPU_BCM4710:
 	case CPU_LOONGSON2:
 	case CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON:
+	case CPU_R5500:
 		if (m4kc_tlbp_war())
 			uasm_i_nop(p);
 		tlbw(p);