diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
index a2bd593881cab361fa739d9a12e63ee7ba63ef50..66422d6631841d9e6eba9be63e453176ebd43f2e 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/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi
index c4d9175b90dceab5aa64ca1973505652bf325bee..f82aa44c3ceed540fef7e291c571c2b49c5b2e1f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi
@@ -1500,6 +1500,16 @@
 			       0x48485200 0x2E00>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <1>;
+
+			/*
+			 * Do not allow gating of cpsw clock as workaround
+			 * for errata i877. Keeping internal clock disabled
+			 * causes the device switching characteristics
+			 * to degrade over time and eventually fail to meet
+			 * the data manual delay time/skew specs.
+			 */
+			ti,no-idle;
+
 			/*
 			 * rx_thresh_pend
 			 * rx_pend
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index e9f65fec55c0b9beacfdf694424e601b4673327e..b6d62e4cdfddaf53f8d3aa7c1768b5e83255673e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -2200,6 +2200,11 @@ 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) {
@@ -2504,6 +2509,8 @@ 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;
@@ -2630,7 +2637,7 @@ 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 76bce11c85a40c477a5b87aab919d5b8dfded5e8..7c7a31169475b72bc8fbbe2f0dabf015b395f257 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ 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)
@@ -541,6 +543,7 @@ 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