diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index ec82b1e50ee..e17cf3f9b31 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ config ARM_ON_ENTER_CPU_IDLE_HOOK
 	  If needed, this hook can be used to prevent the CPU from actually
 	  entering sleep by skipping the WFE/WFI instruction.
 
+config ARM_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE
+	bool
+	help
+	  Enables a possibility to inject SoC-specific code just after WFI/WFE
+	  instructions of the cpu idle implementation.
+
+	  Enabling this option requires that the SoC provides a soc_cpu_idle.h
+	  header file which defines SOC_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE macro guarded by
+	  _ASMLANGUAGE.
+
+	  The SOC_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE macro is expanded just after
+	  WFI/WFE instructions before any memory access is performed. The purpose
+	  of the SOC_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE is to perform an action that mitigate issues
+	  observed on some SoCs caused by a memory access following WFI/WFE
+	  instructions.
+
 rsource "core/aarch32/Kconfig"
 rsource "core/aarch32/Kconfig.vfp"
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/core/aarch32/cpu_idle.S b/arch/arm/core/aarch32/cpu_idle.S
index 90f51f476b5..8164959ab29 100644
--- a/arch/arm/core/aarch32/cpu_idle.S
+++ b/arch/arm/core/aarch32/cpu_idle.S
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #include <zephyr/toolchain.h>
 #include <zephyr/linker/sections.h>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE)
+#include <soc_cpu_idle.h>
+#endif
+
 _ASM_FILE_PROLOGUE
 
 GTEXT(z_arm_cpu_idle_init)
@@ -64,6 +68,11 @@ SECTION_FUNC(TEXT, z_arm_cpu_idle_init)
 	dsb
 	\wait_instruction
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE)
+	/* Inline the macro provided by SoC-specific code */
+	SOC_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE */
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARM_ON_ENTER_CPU_IDLE_HOOK)
 _skip_\@:
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARMV6_M_ARMV8_M_BASELINE)
diff --git a/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/Kconfig.soc b/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/Kconfig.soc
index 96737608800..67cb8a08a6f 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/Kconfig.soc
+++ b/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/Kconfig.soc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config SOC_NRF5340_CPUAPP
 config SOC_NRF5340_CPUNET
 	bool
 	select HAS_NO_PM
+	select ARM_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE
 	imply SOC_NRF53_ANOMALY_160_WORKAROUND_NEEDED
 
 choice
diff --git a/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/soc_cpu_idle.h b/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/soc_cpu_idle.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6cd92ca092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf53/soc_cpu_idle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file SoC extensions of cpu_idle.S for the Nordic Semiconductor nRF53 processors family.
+ */
+
+
+#if defined(_ASMLANGUAGE)
+
+#define SOC_ON_EXIT_CPU_IDLE \
+	nop; \
+	nop; \
+	nop; \
+	nop;
+
+#endif /* _ASMLANGUAGE */