diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
index 7a6a35dbe529..e53d7bed5cda 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -334,14 +334,14 @@ extern int dump_task_fpu(struct task_struct *, elf_fpregset_t *);
 
 #define ELF_HWCAP       (0)
 
-/* This yields a string that ld.so will use to load implementation
-   specific libraries for optimization.  This is more specific in
-   intent than poking at uname or /proc/cpuinfo.
+/*
+ * This yields a string that ld.so will use to load implementation
+ * specific libraries for optimization.  This is more specific in
+ * intent than poking at uname or /proc/cpuinfo.
+ */
 
-   For the moment, we have only optimizations for the Intel generations,
-   but that could change... */
-
-#define ELF_PLATFORM  (NULL)
+#define ELF_PLATFORM  __elf_platform
+extern const char *__elf_platform;
 
 /*
  * See comments in asm-alpha/elf.h, this is the same thing
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index 1773544e3dbb..494e8ab48d63 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ static inline void cpu_probe_cavium(struct cpuinfo_mips *c, unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 const char *__cpu_name[NR_CPUS];
+const char *__elf_platform;
 
 __cpuinit void cpu_probe(void)
 {