diff --git a/drivers/ssb/pci.c b/drivers/ssb/pci.c
index c958ac1..40ea417 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/ssb/pci.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@
 static int ssb_pci_sprom_get(struct ssb_bus *bus,
 			     struct ssb_sprom *sprom)
 {
+	const struct ssb_sprom *fallback;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	u16 *buf;
 
@@ -583,12 +584,23 @@
 		bus->sprom_size = SSB_SPROMSIZE_WORDS_R4;
 		sprom_do_read(bus, buf);
 		err = sprom_check_crc(buf, bus->sprom_size);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			/* All CRC attempts failed.
+			 * Maybe there is no SPROM on the device?
+			 * If we have a fallback, use that. */
+			fallback = ssb_get_fallback_sprom();
+			if (fallback) {
+				memcpy(sprom, fallback, sizeof(*sprom));
+				err = 0;
+				goto out_free;
+			}
 			ssb_printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "WARNING: Invalid"
 				   " SPROM CRC (corrupt SPROM)\n");
+		}
 	}
 	err = sprom_extract(bus, sprom, buf, bus->sprom_size);
 
+out_free:
 	kfree(buf);
 out:
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/ssb/sprom.c b/drivers/ssb/sprom.c
index 3668edb..8943015 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/sprom.c
+++ b/drivers/ssb/sprom.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include "ssb_private.h"
 
 
+static const struct ssb_sprom *fallback_sprom;
+
+
 static int sprom2hex(const u16 *sprom, char *buf, size_t buf_len,
 		     size_t sprom_size_words)
 {
@@ -131,3 +134,36 @@
 		return res;
 	return err ? err : count;
 }
+
+/**
+ * ssb_arch_set_fallback_sprom - Set a fallback SPROM for use if no SPROM is found.
+ *
+ * @sprom: The SPROM data structure to register.
+ *
+ * With this function the architecture implementation may register a fallback
+ * SPROM data structure. The fallback is only used for PCI based SSB devices,
+ * where no valid SPROM can be found in the shadow registers.
+ *
+ * This function is useful for weird architectures that have a half-assed SSB device
+ * hardwired to their PCI bus.
+ *
+ * Note that it does only work with PCI attached SSB devices. PCMCIA devices currently
+ * don't use this fallback.
+ * Architectures must provide the SPROM for native SSB devices anyway,
+ * so the fallback also isn't used for native devices.
+ *
+ * This function is available for architecture code, only. So it is not exported.
+ */
+int ssb_arch_set_fallback_sprom(const struct ssb_sprom *sprom)
+{
+	if (fallback_sprom)
+		return -EEXIST;
+	fallback_sprom = sprom;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct ssb_sprom *ssb_get_fallback_sprom(void)
+{
+	return fallback_sprom;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/ssb/ssb_private.h b/drivers/ssb/ssb_private.h
index ebc32d8..57fa482 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/ssb_private.h
+++ b/drivers/ssb/ssb_private.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 			     const char *buf, size_t count,
 			     int (*sprom_check_crc)(const u16 *sprom, size_t size),
 			     int (*sprom_write)(struct ssb_bus *bus, const u16 *sprom));
+extern const struct ssb_sprom *ssb_get_fallback_sprom(void);
 
 
 /* core.c */