diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cmd_errata.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cmd_errata.c
index 4e1a54ad0c546bae30398189b8d0b458cb2ad908..858b3f8260e6394078870dc6593ab0391aad44e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cmd_errata.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cmd_errata.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 static int do_errata(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_NMG_CPU_A011
+	extern int enable_cpu_a011_workaround;
+#endif
 	__maybe_unused u32 svr = get_svr();
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_FSL_SATA_V2) && defined(CONFIG_FSL_SATA_ERRATUM_A001)
@@ -56,8 +59,9 @@ static int do_errata(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 	/*
 	 * NMG_CPU_A011 applies to P4080 rev 1.0, 2.0, fixed in 3.0
 	 * also applies to P3041 rev 1.0, 1.1, P2041 rev 1.0, 1.1
+	 * The SVR has been checked by cpu_init_r().
 	 */
-	if (SVR_SOC_VER(svr) != SVR_P4080 || SVR_MAJ(svr) < 3)
+	if (enable_cpu_a011_workaround)
 		puts("Work-around for Erratum CPU-A011 enabled\n");
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_CPU_A003999)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init.c
index fc6c2877d253bde572fcf7dec8660b39e91479aa..74863b4a1a12246b9e8d823eea5cb82c7bd2cc28 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <asm/fsl_law.h>
 #include <asm/fsl_serdes.h>
 #include <asm/fsl_srio.h>
+#include <hwconfig.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include "mp.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@
 
 #include "../../../../drivers/block/fsl_sata.h"
 
+#define HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE 128
+
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QE
@@ -311,11 +314,41 @@ int cpu_init_r(void)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_P4080_ERRATUM_CPU22) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_NMG_CPU_A011)
 	/*
+	 * CPU22 and NMG_CPU_A011 share the same workaround.
 	 * CPU22 applies to P4080 rev 1.0, 2.0, fixed in 3.0
 	 * NMG_CPU_A011 applies to P4080 rev 1.0, 2.0, fixed in 3.0
-	 * also applies to P3041 rev 1.0, 1.1, P2041 rev 1.0, 1.1
+	 * also applies to P3041 rev 1.0, 1.1, P2041 rev 1.0, 1.1, both
+	 * fixed in 2.0. NMG_CPU_A011 is activated by default and can
+	 * be disabled by hwconfig with syntax:
+	 *
+	 * fsl_cpu_a011:disable
 	 */
-	if (SVR_SOC_VER(svr) != SVR_P4080 || SVR_MAJ(svr) < 3) {
+	extern int enable_cpu_a011_workaround;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_P4080_ERRATUM_CPU22
+	enable_cpu_a011_workaround = (SVR_MAJ(svr) < 3);
+#else
+	char buffer[HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE];
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	int n, res;
+
+	n = getenv_f("hwconfig", buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+	if (n > 0)
+		buf = buffer;
+
+	res = hwconfig_arg_cmp_f("fsl_cpu_a011", "disable", buf);
+	if (res > 0)
+		enable_cpu_a011_workaround = 0;
+	else {
+		if (n >= HWCONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+			printf("fsl_cpu_a011 was not found. hwconfig variable "
+				"may be too long\n");
+		}
+		enable_cpu_a011_workaround =
+			(SVR_SOC_VER(svr) == SVR_P4080 && SVR_MAJ(svr) < 3) ||
+			(SVR_SOC_VER(svr) != SVR_P4080 && SVR_MAJ(svr) < 2);
+	}
+#endif
+	if (enable_cpu_a011_workaround) {
 		flush_dcache();
 		mtspr(L1CSR2, (mfspr(L1CSR2) | L1CSR2_DCWS));
 		sync();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
index 1860684c11adf56a75c12677fa45912f93378d06..1555a9ba6781957a3a646e77b99f8655835ea1a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ __secondary_start_page:
 	cmpw    r3,r5
 	bge     2f
 1:
+#ifdef	CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_NMG_CPU_A011
+	lis	r3,toreset(enable_cpu_a011_workaround)@ha
+	lwz	r3,toreset(enable_cpu_a011_workaround)@l(r3)
+	cmpwi	r3,0
+	beq	2f
+#endif
 	mfspr	r3,L1CSR2
 	oris	r3,r3,(L1CSR2_DCWS)@h
 	mtspr	L1CSR2,r3
@@ -346,6 +352,15 @@ __bootpg_addr:
 __spin_table:
 	.space CONFIG_MAX_CPUS*ENTRY_SIZE
 
+	/*
+	 * This variable is set by cpu_init_r() after parsing hwconfig
+	 * to enable workaround for erratum NMG_CPU_A011.
+	 */
+	.align L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+	.global enable_cpu_a011_workaround
+enable_cpu_a011_workaround:
+	.long	1
+
 	/* Fill in the empty space.  The actual reset vector is
 	 * the last word of the page */
 __secondary_start_code_end:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/config_mpc85xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/config_mpc85xx.h
index b6c44bb11d1a6c8e8e54b5ccd32681ba2af35719..7e61f71f11af5dcdee880539ee151e67651d711d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/config_mpc85xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/config_mpc85xx.h
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_USB2_PHY_ENABLE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_USB_INTERNAL_UTMI_PHY
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_ESDHC111
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_NMG_CPU_A011
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_CPU_A003999
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_DDR_A003474
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SRIO_MAX_PORTS	2