diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index db25c65155cb80a284ab3078f60797f2b25735dc..819b44c1a719b067954eb5e5122cf1c4886c9aef 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_arc {
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_bpu bpu;
 	struct bcr_identity core;
 	struct bcr_isa isa;
+	const char *details;
 	unsigned int vec_base;
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_ccm iccm, dccm;
 	struct {
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index a77efa173df014de385a0ca2d83835fca2ea7db9..0170d94f386022119d455fdeb75820b675009653 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ struct task_struct *_current_task[NR_CPUS];	/* For stack switching */
 
 struct cpuinfo_arc cpuinfo_arc700[NR_CPUS];
 
+static const struct cpuinfo_data arc_cpu_tbl[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT
+	{ {0x20, "ARC 600"      }, 0x2F},
+	{ {0x30, "ARC 700"      }, 0x33},
+	{ {0x34, "ARC 700 R4.10"}, 0x34},
+	{ {0x35, "ARC 700 R4.11"}, 0x35},
+#else
+	{ {0x50, "ARC HS38 R2.0"}, 0x51},
+	{ {0x52, "ARC HS38 R2.1"}, 0x52},
+	{ {0x53, "ARC HS38 R3.0"}, 0x53},
+#endif
+	{ {0x00, NULL		} }
+};
+
 static void read_decode_ccm_bcr(struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu)
 {
 	if (is_isa_arcompact()) {
@@ -92,11 +106,24 @@ static void read_arc_build_cfg_regs(void)
 	struct bcr_timer timer;
 	struct bcr_generic bcr;
 	struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()];
+	const struct cpuinfo_data *tbl;
+
 	FIX_PTR(cpu);
 
 	READ_BCR(AUX_IDENTITY, cpu->core);
 	READ_BCR(ARC_REG_ISA_CFG_BCR, cpu->isa);
 
+	for (tbl = &arc_cpu_tbl[0]; tbl->info.id != 0; tbl++) {
+		if ((cpu->core.family >= tbl->info.id) &&
+		    (cpu->core.family <= tbl->up_range)) {
+			cpu->details = tbl->info.str;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (tbl->info.id == 0)
+		cpu->details = "UNKNOWN";
+
 	READ_BCR(ARC_REG_TIMERS_BCR, timer);
 	cpu->extn.timer0 = timer.t0;
 	cpu->extn.timer1 = timer.t1;
@@ -160,64 +187,34 @@ static void read_arc_build_cfg_regs(void)
 	cpu->extn.rtt = bcr.ver ? 1 : 0;
 
 	cpu->extn.debug = cpu->extn.ap | cpu->extn.smart | cpu->extn.rtt;
-}
 
-static const struct cpuinfo_data arc_cpu_tbl[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT
-	{ {0x20, "ARC 600"      }, 0x2F},
-	{ {0x30, "ARC 700"      }, 0x33},
-	{ {0x34, "ARC 700 R4.10"}, 0x34},
-	{ {0x35, "ARC 700 R4.11"}, 0x35},
-#else
-	{ {0x50, "ARC HS38 R2.0"}, 0x51},
-	{ {0x52, "ARC HS38 R2.1"}, 0x52},
-	{ {0x53, "ARC HS38 R3.0"}, 0x53},
-#endif
-	{ {0x00, NULL		} }
-};
+	/* some hacks for lack of feature BCR info in old ARC700 cores */
+	if (is_isa_arcompact()) {
+		if (!cpu->isa.ver)	/* ISA BCR absent, use Kconfig info */
+			cpu->isa.atomic = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC);
+		else
+			cpu->isa.atomic = cpu->isa.atomic1;
 
+		cpu->isa.be = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN);
+	}
+}
 
 static char *arc_cpu_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu = &cpuinfo_arc700[cpu_id];
 	struct bcr_identity *core = &cpu->core;
-	const struct cpuinfo_data *tbl;
-	char *isa_nm;
-	int i, be, atomic;
-	int n = 0;
+	int i, n = 0;
 
 	FIX_PTR(cpu);
 
-	if (is_isa_arcompact()) {
-		isa_nm = "ARCompact";
-		be = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN);
-
-		atomic = cpu->isa.atomic1;
-		if (!cpu->isa.ver)	/* ISA BCR absent, use Kconfig info */
-			atomic = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC);
-	} else {
-		isa_nm = "ARCv2";
-		be = cpu->isa.be;
-		atomic = cpu->isa.atomic;
-	}
-
 	n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n,
 		       "\nIDENTITY\t: ARCVER [%#02x] ARCNUM [%#02x] CHIPID [%#4x]\n",
 		       core->family, core->cpu_id, core->chip_id);
 
-	for (tbl = &arc_cpu_tbl[0]; tbl->info.id != 0; tbl++) {
-		if ((core->family >= tbl->info.id) &&
-		    (core->family <= tbl->up_range)) {
-			n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n,
-				       "processor [%d]\t: %s (%s ISA) %s\n",
-				       cpu_id, tbl->info.str, isa_nm,
-				       IS_AVAIL1(be, "[Big-Endian]"));
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (tbl->info.id == 0)
-		n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n, "UNKNOWN ARC Processor\n");
+	n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n, "processor [%d]\t: %s (%s ISA) %s\n",
+		       cpu_id, cpu->details,
+		       is_isa_arcompact() ? "ARCompact" : "ARCv2",
+		       IS_AVAIL1(cpu->isa.be, "[Big-Endian]"));
 
 	n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n, "Timers\t\t: %s%s%s%s\nISA Extn\t: ",
 		       IS_AVAIL1(cpu->extn.timer0, "Timer0 "),
@@ -226,7 +223,7 @@ static char *arc_cpu_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len)
 				 CONFIG_ARC_HAS_RTC));
 
 	n += i = scnprintf(buf + n, len - n, "%s%s%s%s%s",
-			   IS_AVAIL2(atomic, "atomic ", CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC),
+			   IS_AVAIL2(cpu->isa.atomic, "atomic ", CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC),
 			   IS_AVAIL2(cpu->isa.ldd, "ll64 ", CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LL64),
 			   IS_AVAIL1(cpu->isa.unalign, "unalign (not used)"));