diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi
index b1b31dcf6291..e2ad5fb2cb0a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@
 			reg = <0x0 0xfec10000 0x0 0x1000>;
 			clock-names = "apb_pclk";
 			cpu = <&cpu0>;
+			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
 		cpu1_debug: debug@fed10000 {
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@
 			reg = <0x0 0xfed10000 0x0 0x1000>;
 			clock-names = "apb_pclk";
 			cpu = <&cpu1>;
+			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
 		cpu2_debug: debug@fee10000 {
@@ -464,6 +466,7 @@
 			reg = <0x0 0xfee10000 0x0 0x1000>;
 			clock-names = "apb_pclk";
 			cpu = <&cpu2>;
+			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
 		cpu3_debug: debug@fef10000 {
@@ -471,6 +474,7 @@
 			reg = <0x0 0xfef10000 0x0 0x1000>;
 			clock-names = "apb_pclk";
 			cpu = <&cpu3>;
+			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
 		/* GDMA */