diff --git a/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c
index 5774b6ea7ad5..f01c0ee0c87e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c
@@ -797,10 +797,8 @@ static int __init bL_switcher_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (MAX_NR_CLUSTERS != 2) {
-		pr_err("%s: only dual cluster systems are supported\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (!mcpm_is_available())
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	cpu_notifier(bL_switcher_hotplug_callback, 0);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/common/mcpm_entry.c b/arch/arm/common/mcpm_entry.c
index 1e361abc29eb..86fd60fefbc9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/mcpm_entry.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/mcpm_entry.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ int __init mcpm_platform_register(const struct mcpm_platform_ops *ops)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool mcpm_is_available(void)
+{
+	return (platform_ops) ? true : false;
+}
+
 int mcpm_cpu_power_up(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int cluster)
 {
 	if (!platform_ops)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mcpm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mcpm.h
index 608516ebabfe..a5ff410dcdb6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mcpm.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mcpm.h
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ void mcpm_set_early_poke(unsigned cpu, unsigned cluster,
  * CPU/cluster power operations API for higher subsystems to use.
  */
 
+/**
+ * mcpm_is_available - returns whether MCPM is initialized and available
+ *
+ * This returns true or false accordingly.
+ */
+bool mcpm_is_available(void);
+
 /**
  * mcpm_cpu_power_up - make given CPU in given cluster runable
  *