diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
index 70f2f3925f0e8e..f7fdacd826d2ea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/clk/bcm2835.h>
+#include <asm/system_info.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ static void __init bcm2835_map_io(void)
 
 static void __init bcm2835_init(void)
 {
+	struct device_node *np = of_find_node_by_path("/system");
+	u32 val;
+	u64 val64;
 	int ret;
 
 	bcm2835_setup_restart();
@@ -121,6 +125,11 @@ static void __init bcm2835_init(void)
 		pr_err("of_platform_populate failed: %d\n", ret);
 		BUG();
 	}
+
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "linux,revision", &val))
+		system_rev = val;
+	if (!of_property_read_u64(np, "linux,serial", &val64))
+		system_serial_low = val64;
 }
 
 static const char * const bcm2835_compat[] = {