diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
index 4f6a82cef1d1a4f74a22304fb62c7abf48897ae1..cbe35b3de9e90ba3eb6ce69e0cbab5396cc3eb46 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Optional properties:
   during suspend.
 - ti,no-reset-on-init: When present, the module should not be reset at init
 - ti,no-idle-on-init: When present, the module should not be idled at init
+- ti,no-idle: When present, the module is never allowed to idle.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index 1f511da4ee1114c4d80a968ad66af7a0335ee5a9..9185bb958503baf25703b200fb3d62deff775262 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -2186,6 +2186,11 @@ static int _enable(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
  */
 static int _idle(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
 {
+	if (oh->flags & HWMOD_NO_IDLE) {
+		oh->_int_flags |= _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	pr_debug("omap_hwmod: %s: idling\n", oh->name);
 
 	if (oh->_state != _HWMOD_STATE_ENABLED) {
@@ -2490,6 +2495,8 @@ static int __init _init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *data)
 			oh->flags |= HWMOD_INIT_NO_RESET;
 		if (of_find_property(np, "ti,no-idle-on-init", NULL))
 			oh->flags |= HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE;
+		if (of_find_property(np, "ti,no-idle", NULL))
+			oh->flags |= HWMOD_NO_IDLE;
 	}
 
 	oh->_state = _HWMOD_STATE_INITIALIZED;
@@ -2616,7 +2623,7 @@ static void __init _setup_postsetup(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
 	 * XXX HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE does not belong in hwmod data -
 	 * it should be set by the core code as a runtime flag during startup
 	 */
-	if ((oh->flags & HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE) &&
+	if ((oh->flags & (HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE | HWMOD_NO_IDLE)) &&
 	    (postsetup_state == _HWMOD_STATE_IDLE)) {
 		oh->_int_flags |= _HWMOD_SKIP_ENABLE;
 		postsetup_state = _HWMOD_STATE_ENABLED;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
index 926a3129709cb5adce89ef6087b6446052f73e4f..ec289c5f099a46af27128a0b8484d9643b16afdc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ struct omap_hwmod_omap4_prcm {
  *     or idled.
  * HWMOD_OPT_CLKS_NEEDED: The optional clocks are needed for the module to
  *     operate and they need to be handled at the same time as the main_clk.
+ * HWMOD_NO_IDLE: Do not idle the hwmod at all. Useful to handle certain
+ *     IPs like CPSW on DRA7, where clocks to this module cannot be disabled.
  */
 #define HWMOD_SWSUP_SIDLE			(1 << 0)
 #define HWMOD_SWSUP_MSTANDBY			(1 << 1)
@@ -535,6 +537,7 @@ struct omap_hwmod_omap4_prcm {
 #define HWMOD_SWSUP_SIDLE_ACT			(1 << 12)
 #define HWMOD_RECONFIG_IO_CHAIN			(1 << 13)
 #define HWMOD_OPT_CLKS_NEEDED			(1 << 14)
+#define HWMOD_NO_IDLE				(1 << 15)
 
 /*
  * omap_hwmod._int_flags definitions