diff --git a/cpu/mpc85xx/mp.c b/cpu/mpc85xx/mp.c
index e733f7b00a50459f6c50e690fbea6ff9bb2e7038..a527cf3047ad76eeb9f1904ab1c6091922554cb0 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc85xx/mp.c
+++ b/cpu/mpc85xx/mp.c
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ int cpu_release(int nr, int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	table[BOOT_ENTRY_ADDR_UPPER] = (u32)(boot_addr >> 32);
+
+	/* ensure all table updates complete before final address write */
+	eieio();
+
 	table[BOOT_ENTRY_ADDR_LOWER] = (u32)(boot_addr & 0xffffffff);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ static void pq3_mp_up(unsigned long bootpg)
 	/* wait for everyone */
 	while (timeout) {
 		int i;
-		for (i = 1; i < CONFIG_NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_NR_CPUS; i++) {
 			if (table[i * NUM_BOOT_ENTRY + BOOT_ENTRY_ADDR_LOWER])
 				cpu_up_mask |= (1 << i);
 		};
diff --git a/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S b/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
index 3b7366ff692c1dbbddd36ac1e3b4382a114bb0f6..a47edaea62f5842697bcee3613d6c6a358146cff 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
+++ b/cpu/mpc85xx/release.S
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ __secondary_start_page:
 	lwz	r4,ENTRY_ADDR_LOWER(r10)
 	andi.	r11,r4,1
 	bne	2b
+	isync
 
 	/* get the upper bits of the addr */
 	lwz	r11,ENTRY_ADDR_UPPER(r10)
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ __secondary_start_page:
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r13
 	rfi
 
-	.align 3
+	.align L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 	.globl __spin_table
 __spin_table:
 	.space CONFIG_NR_CPUS*ENTRY_SIZE