diff --git a/bl2/bl2_main.c b/bl2/bl2_main.c
index 46c70a123261f06a9626e85d43843346192ef1fe..691973f269ccf0aa1376d56663414c3b1fb9a857 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_main.c
+++ b/bl2/bl2_main.c
@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "bl2_private.h"
 
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Runs BL31 from the given entry point. It jumps to a higher exception level
- * through an SMC.
- ******************************************************************************/
-static void __dead2 bl2_run_bl31(entry_point_info_t *bl31_ep_info,
-				unsigned long arg1,
-				unsigned long arg2)
-{
-	/* Set the args pointer */
-	bl31_ep_info->args.arg0 = arg1;
-	bl31_ep_info->args.arg1 = arg2;
-
-	/* Flush the params to be passed to memory */
-	bl2_plat_flush_bl31_params();
-
-	smc(RUN_IMAGE, (unsigned long)bl31_ep_info, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-}
-
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  * The only thing to do in BL2 is to load further images and pass control to
@@ -91,6 +73,9 @@ void bl2_main(void)
 	bl2_to_bl31_params = bl2_plat_get_bl31_params();
 	bl31_ep_info = bl2_plat_get_bl31_ep_info();
 
+	/* Set the X0 parameter to bl31 */
+	bl31_ep_info->args.arg0 = (unsigned long)bl2_to_bl31_params;
+
 	/*
 	 * Load BL31. BL1 tells BL2 whether it has been TOP or BOTTOM loaded.
 	 * To avoid fragmentation of trusted SRAM memory, BL31 is always
@@ -163,10 +148,13 @@ void bl2_main(void)
 	}
 #endif /* BL32_BASE */
 
+	/* Flush the params to be passed to memory */
+	bl2_plat_flush_bl31_params();
+
 	/*
 	 * Run BL31 via an SMC to BL1. Information on how to pass control to
 	 * the BL32 (if present) and BL33 software images will be passed to
 	 * BL31 as an argument.
 	 */
-	 bl2_run_bl31(bl31_ep_info, (unsigned long)bl2_to_bl31_params, 0);
+	smc(RUN_IMAGE, (unsigned long)bl31_ep_info, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 }
diff --git a/plat/fvp/bl2_fvp_setup.c b/plat/fvp/bl2_fvp_setup.c
index e18cf7ddb43ca800095a39d7b03d7c2044c11a06..72580f9a8647511c84d239a8ce14c55c00e778a9 100644
--- a/plat/fvp/bl2_fvp_setup.c
+++ b/plat/fvp/bl2_fvp_setup.c
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ bl31_params_t *bl2_plat_get_bl31_params(void)
  ******************************************************************************/
 struct entry_point_info *bl2_plat_get_bl31_ep_info(void)
 {
+#if DEBUG
+	bl31_ep_info->args.arg1 = FVP_BL31_PLAT_PARAM_VAL;
+#endif
 	return bl31_ep_info;
 }
 
diff --git a/plat/fvp/bl31_fvp_setup.c b/plat/fvp/bl31_fvp_setup.c
index 5169bd76bd33fa8151dce09a734b1e6e5eb0f85c..6554ec32d1379fbda07f6915bdb6e510dc3af6d1 100644
--- a/plat/fvp/bl31_fvp_setup.c
+++ b/plat/fvp/bl31_fvp_setup.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ void bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
 	assert(from_bl2->h.version >= VERSION_1);
 
 	bl2_to_bl31_params = from_bl2;
+	assert(((unsigned long)plat_params_from_bl2) == FVP_BL31_PLAT_PARAM_VAL);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/plat/fvp/fvp_def.h b/plat/fvp/fvp_def.h
index 9072a220b0b2dff9fd8fb2f5d4e5dfc03adc5aa2..04ba6116f9eb5146f7e81717eefff8d3f27d904b 100644
--- a/plat/fvp/fvp_def.h
+++ b/plat/fvp/fvp_def.h
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
 /* Load address of BL33 in the FVP port */
 #define NS_IMAGE_OFFSET		(DRAM1_BASE + 0x8000000) /* DRAM + 128MB */
 
+/* Special value used to verify platform parameters from BL2 to BL3-1 */
+#define FVP_BL31_PLAT_PARAM_VAL	0x0f1e2d3c4b5a6978ULL
+
 /*
  * V2M sysled bit definitions. The values written to this
  * register are defined in arch.h & runtime_svc.h. Only