diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/include/plat/ctop.h b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/include/plat/ctop.h
index 9d6718c1a199..ee2e32df5e90 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/include/plat/ctop.h
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/include/plat/ctop.h
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@
 #define CTOP_AUX_UDMC				(CTOP_AUX_BASE + 0x300)
 
 /* EZchip core instructions */
-#define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_OFF_R3			0x3B6F00BF
 #define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_OFF_R4			0x3C6F00BF
-#define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_RESTORE_R3		0x3E6F70C3
 #define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_RESTORE_R4		0x3E6F7103
 #define CTOP_INST_SCHD_RW			0x3E6F7004
 #define CTOP_INST_SCHD_RD			0x3E6F7084
diff --git a/include/soc/nps/mtm.h b/include/soc/nps/mtm.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2f5e7e3703e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/soc/nps/mtm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
+ * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
+ * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
+ * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
+ *
+ *     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ *     without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ *     conditions are met:
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer.
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SOC_NPS_MTM_H
+#define SOC_NPS_MTM_H
+
+#define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_OFF_R3                 0x3B6F00BF
+#define CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_RESTORE_R3             0x3E6F70C3
+
+static inline void hw_schd_save(unsigned int *flags)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+	"       .word %1\n"
+	"       st r3,[%0]\n"
+	:
+	: "r"(flags), "i"(CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_OFF_R3)
+	: "r3", "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void hw_schd_restore(unsigned int flags)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+	"       mov r3, %0\n"
+	"       .word %1\n"
+	:
+	: "r"(flags), "i"(CTOP_INST_HWSCHD_RESTORE_R3)
+	: "r3");
+}
+
+#endif /* SOC_NPS_MTM_H */