diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index bca172d42c74..904dd4942993 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ config QCOM_SCM_64
 config HAVE_ARM_SMCCC
 	bool
 
+config PSCI_CHECKER
+	bool "PSCI checker"
+	depends on ARM_PSCI_FW && HOTPLUG_CPU
+	help
+	  Run the PSCI checker during startup. This checks that hotplug and
+	  suspend operations work correctly when using PSCI.
+
 source "drivers/firmware/broadcom/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/firmware/google/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
index 898ac41fa8b3..e7248eacc796 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SCM)		+= qcom_scm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SCM_64)	+= qcom_scm-64.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SCM_32)	+= qcom_scm-32.o
 CFLAGS_qcom_scm-32.o :=$(call as-instr,.arch armv7-a\n.arch_extension sec,-DREQUIRES_SEC=1) -march=armv7-a
+obj-$(CONFIG_PSCI_CHECKER)	+= psci_checker.o
 
 obj-y				+= broadcom/
 obj-y				+= meson/
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci_checker.c b/drivers/firmware/psci_checker.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1bf961d13ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/psci_checker.c
@@ -0,0 +1,487 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 ARM Limited
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
+#include <linux/cpu_pm.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/preempt.h>
+#include <linux/psci.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <linux/topology.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpuidle.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/psci.h>
+
+#define NUM_SUSPEND_CYCLE (10)
+
+static unsigned int nb_available_cpus;
+static int tos_resident_cpu = -1;
+
+static atomic_t nb_active_threads;
+static struct completion suspend_threads_started =
+	COMPLETION_INITIALIZER(suspend_threads_started);
+static struct completion suspend_threads_done =
+	COMPLETION_INITIALIZER(suspend_threads_done);
+
+/*
+ * We assume that PSCI operations are used if they are available. This is not
+ * necessarily true on arm64, since the decision is based on the
+ * "enable-method" property of each CPU in the DT, but given that there is no
+ * arch-specific way to check this, we assume that the DT is sensible.
+ */
+static int psci_ops_check(void)
+{
+	int migrate_type = -1;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!(psci_ops.cpu_off && psci_ops.cpu_on && psci_ops.cpu_suspend)) {
+		pr_warn("Missing PSCI operations, aborting tests\n");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	if (psci_ops.migrate_info_type)
+		migrate_type = psci_ops.migrate_info_type();
+
+	if (migrate_type == PSCI_0_2_TOS_UP_MIGRATE ||
+	    migrate_type == PSCI_0_2_TOS_UP_NO_MIGRATE) {
+		/* There is a UP Trusted OS, find on which core it resides. */
+		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+			if (psci_tos_resident_on(cpu)) {
+				tos_resident_cpu = cpu;
+				break;
+			}
+		if (tos_resident_cpu == -1)
+			pr_warn("UP Trusted OS resides on no online CPU\n");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int find_clusters(const struct cpumask *cpus,
+			 const struct cpumask **clusters)
+{
+	unsigned int nb = 0;
+	cpumask_var_t tmp;
+
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	cpumask_copy(tmp, cpus);
+
+	while (!cpumask_empty(tmp)) {
+		const struct cpumask *cluster =
+			topology_core_cpumask(cpumask_any(tmp));
+
+		clusters[nb++] = cluster;
+		cpumask_andnot(tmp, tmp, cluster);
+	}
+
+	free_cpumask_var(tmp);
+	return nb;
+}
+
+/*
+ * offlined_cpus is a temporary array but passing it as an argument avoids
+ * multiple allocations.
+ */
+static unsigned int down_and_up_cpus(const struct cpumask *cpus,
+				     struct cpumask *offlined_cpus)
+{
+	int cpu;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	cpumask_clear(offlined_cpus);
+
+	/* Try to power down all CPUs in the mask. */
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpus) {
+		int ret = cpu_down(cpu);
+
+		/*
+		 * cpu_down() checks the number of online CPUs before the TOS
+		 * resident CPU.
+		 */
+		if (cpumask_weight(offlined_cpus) + 1 == nb_available_cpus) {
+			if (ret != -EBUSY) {
+				pr_err("Unexpected return code %d while trying "
+				       "to power down last online CPU %d\n",
+				       ret, cpu);
+				++err;
+			}
+		} else if (cpu == tos_resident_cpu) {
+			if (ret != -EPERM) {
+				pr_err("Unexpected return code %d while trying "
+				       "to power down TOS resident CPU %d\n",
+				       ret, cpu);
+				++err;
+			}
+		} else if (ret != 0) {
+			pr_err("Error occurred (%d) while trying "
+			       "to power down CPU %d\n", ret, cpu);
+			++err;
+		}
+
+		if (ret == 0)
+			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, offlined_cpus);
+	}
+
+	/* Try to power up all the CPUs that have been offlined. */
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, offlined_cpus) {
+		int ret = cpu_up(cpu);
+
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			pr_err("Error occurred (%d) while trying "
+			       "to power up CPU %d\n", ret, cpu);
+			++err;
+		} else {
+			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, offlined_cpus);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Something went bad at some point and some CPUs could not be turned
+	 * back on.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(!cpumask_empty(offlined_cpus) ||
+		num_online_cpus() != nb_available_cpus);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int hotplug_tests(void)
+{
+	int err;
+	cpumask_var_t offlined_cpus;
+	int i, nb_cluster;
+	const struct cpumask **clusters;
+	char *page_buf;
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&offlined_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return err;
+	/* We may have up to nb_available_cpus clusters. */
+	clusters = kmalloc_array(nb_available_cpus, sizeof(*clusters),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!clusters)
+		goto out_free_cpus;
+	page_buf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!page_buf)
+		goto out_free_clusters;
+
+	err = 0;
+	nb_cluster = find_clusters(cpu_online_mask, clusters);
+
+	/*
+	 * Of course the last CPU cannot be powered down and cpu_down() should
+	 * refuse doing that.
+	 */
+	pr_info("Trying to turn off and on again all CPUs\n");
+	err += down_and_up_cpus(cpu_online_mask, offlined_cpus);
+
+	/*
+	 * Take down CPUs by cluster this time. When the last CPU is turned
+	 * off, the cluster itself should shut down.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_cluster; ++i) {
+		int cluster_id =
+			topology_physical_package_id(cpumask_any(clusters[i]));
+		ssize_t len = cpumap_print_to_pagebuf(true, page_buf,
+						      clusters[i]);
+		/* Remove trailing newline. */
+		page_buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+		pr_info("Trying to turn off and on again cluster %d "
+			"(CPUs %s)\n", cluster_id, page_buf);
+		err += down_and_up_cpus(clusters[i], offlined_cpus);
+	}
+
+	free_page((unsigned long)page_buf);
+out_free_clusters:
+	kfree(clusters);
+out_free_cpus:
+	free_cpumask_var(offlined_cpus);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void dummy_callback(unsigned long ignored) {}
+
+static int suspend_cpu(int index, bool broadcast)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	arch_cpu_idle_enter();
+
+	if (broadcast) {
+		/*
+		 * The local timer will be shut down, we need to enter tick
+		 * broadcast.
+		 */
+		ret = tick_broadcast_enter();
+		if (ret) {
+			/*
+			 * In the absence of hardware broadcast mechanism,
+			 * this CPU might be used to broadcast wakeups, which
+			 * may be why entering tick broadcast has failed.
+			 * There is little the kernel can do to work around
+			 * that, so enter WFI instead (idle state 0).
+			 */
+			cpu_do_idle();
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_arch_exit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Replicate the common ARM cpuidle enter function
+	 * (arm_enter_idle_state).
+	 */
+	ret = CPU_PM_CPU_IDLE_ENTER(arm_cpuidle_suspend, index);
+
+	if (broadcast)
+		tick_broadcast_exit();
+
+out_arch_exit:
+	arch_cpu_idle_exit();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int suspend_test_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	int cpu = (long)arg;
+	int i, nb_suspend = 0, nb_shallow_sleep = 0, nb_err = 0;
+	struct sched_param sched_priority = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
+	struct cpuidle_device *dev;
+	struct cpuidle_driver *drv;
+	/* No need for an actual callback, we just want to wake up the CPU. */
+	struct timer_list wakeup_timer =
+		TIMER_INITIALIZER(dummy_callback, 0, 0);
+
+	/* Wait for the main thread to give the start signal. */
+	wait_for_completion(&suspend_threads_started);
+
+	/* Set maximum priority to preempt all other threads on this CPU. */
+	if (sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sched_priority))
+		pr_warn("Failed to set suspend thread scheduler on CPU %d\n",
+			cpu);
+
+	dev = this_cpu_read(cpuidle_devices);
+	drv = cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(dev);
+
+	pr_info("CPU %d entering suspend cycles, states 1 through %d\n",
+		cpu, drv->state_count - 1);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_SUSPEND_CYCLE; ++i) {
+		int index;
+		/*
+		 * Test all possible states, except 0 (which is usually WFI and
+		 * doesn't use PSCI).
+		 */
+		for (index = 1; index < drv->state_count; ++index) {
+			struct cpuidle_state *state = &drv->states[index];
+			bool broadcast = state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP;
+			int ret;
+
+			/*
+			 * Set the timer to wake this CPU up in some time (which
+			 * should be largely sufficient for entering suspend).
+			 * If the local tick is disabled when entering suspend,
+			 * suspend_cpu() takes care of switching to a broadcast
+			 * tick, so the timer will still wake us up.
+			 */
+			mod_timer(&wakeup_timer, jiffies +
+				  usecs_to_jiffies(state->target_residency));
+
+			/* IRQs must be disabled during suspend operations. */
+			local_irq_disable();
+
+			ret = suspend_cpu(index, broadcast);
+
+			/*
+			 * We have woken up. Re-enable IRQs to handle any
+			 * pending interrupt, do not wait until the end of the
+			 * loop.
+			 */
+			local_irq_enable();
+
+			if (ret == index) {
+				++nb_suspend;
+			} else if (ret >= 0) {
+				/* We did not enter the expected state. */
+				++nb_shallow_sleep;
+			} else {
+				pr_err("Failed to suspend CPU %d: error %d "
+				       "(requested state %d, cycle %d)\n",
+				       cpu, ret, index, i);
+				++nb_err;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable the timer to make sure that the timer will not trigger
+	 * later.
+	 */
+	del_timer(&wakeup_timer);
+
+	if (atomic_dec_return_relaxed(&nb_active_threads) == 0)
+		complete(&suspend_threads_done);
+
+	/* Give up on RT scheduling and wait for termination. */
+	sched_priority.sched_priority = 0;
+	if (sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sched_priority))
+		pr_warn("Failed to set suspend thread scheduler on CPU %d\n",
+			cpu);
+	for (;;) {
+		/* Needs to be set first to avoid missing a wakeup. */
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+			break;
+		}
+		schedule();
+	}
+
+	pr_info("CPU %d suspend test results: success %d, shallow states %d, errors %d\n",
+		cpu, nb_suspend, nb_shallow_sleep, nb_err);
+
+	return nb_err;
+}
+
+static int suspend_tests(void)
+{
+	int i, cpu, err = 0;
+	struct task_struct **threads;
+	int nb_threads = 0;
+
+	threads = kmalloc_array(nb_available_cpus, sizeof(*threads),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!threads)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		struct task_struct *thread;
+		/* Check that cpuidle is available on that CPU. */
+		struct cpuidle_device *dev = per_cpu(cpuidle_devices, cpu);
+		struct cpuidle_driver *drv = cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(dev);
+
+		if (cpuidle_not_available(drv, dev)) {
+			pr_warn("cpuidle not available on CPU %d, ignoring\n",
+				cpu);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		thread = kthread_create_on_cpu(suspend_test_thread,
+					       (void *)(long)cpu, cpu,
+					       "psci_suspend_test");
+		if (IS_ERR(thread))
+			pr_err("Failed to create kthread on CPU %d\n", cpu);
+		else
+			threads[nb_threads++] = thread;
+	}
+	if (nb_threads < 1) {
+		kfree(threads);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	atomic_set(&nb_active_threads, nb_threads);
+
+	/*
+	 * Stop cpuidle to prevent the idle tasks from entering a deep sleep
+	 * mode, as it might interfere with the suspend threads on other CPUs.
+	 * This does not prevent the suspend threads from using cpuidle (only
+	 * the idle tasks check this status).
+	 */
+	cpuidle_pause();
+
+	/*
+	 * Wake up the suspend threads. To avoid the main thread being preempted
+	 * before all the threads have been unparked, the suspend threads will
+	 * wait for the completion of suspend_threads_started.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_threads; ++i)
+		wake_up_process(threads[i]);
+	complete_all(&suspend_threads_started);
+
+	wait_for_completion(&suspend_threads_done);
+
+	cpuidle_resume();
+
+	/* Stop and destroy all threads, get return status. */
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_threads; ++i)
+		err += kthread_stop(threads[i]);
+
+	kfree(threads);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int __init psci_checker(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Since we're in an initcall, we assume that all the CPUs that all
+	 * CPUs that can be onlined have been onlined.
+	 *
+	 * The tests assume that hotplug is enabled but nobody else is using it,
+	 * otherwise the results will be unpredictable. However, since there
+	 * is no userspace yet in initcalls, that should be fine.
+	 */
+	nb_available_cpus = num_online_cpus();
+
+	/* Check PSCI operations are set up and working. */
+	ret = psci_ops_check();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	pr_info("PSCI checker started using %u CPUs\n", nb_available_cpus);
+
+	pr_info("Starting hotplug tests\n");
+	ret = hotplug_tests();
+	if (ret == 0)
+		pr_info("Hotplug tests passed OK\n");
+	else if (ret > 0)
+		pr_err("%d error(s) encountered in hotplug tests\n", ret);
+	else {
+		pr_err("Out of memory\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("Starting suspend tests (%d cycles per state)\n",
+		NUM_SUSPEND_CYCLE);
+	ret = suspend_tests();
+	if (ret == 0)
+		pr_info("Suspend tests passed OK\n");
+	else if (ret > 0)
+		pr_err("%d error(s) encountered in suspend tests\n", ret);
+	else {
+		switch (ret) {
+		case -ENOMEM:
+			pr_err("Out of memory\n");
+			break;
+		case -ENODEV:
+			pr_warn("Could not start suspend tests on any CPU\n");
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pr_info("PSCI checker completed\n");
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+}
+late_initcall(psci_checker);
