diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dae6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Common SMP CPU bringup/teardown functions
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include "smpboot.h"
+
+/**
+ * smpboot_prepare - generic smpboot preparation
+ */
+int __cpuinit smpboot_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return 0;
+}