diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index 8465d12fecba..79014baa782d 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ int dev_dax_probe(struct device *dev)
 	dev_dax->pgmap.ref = &dev_dax->ref;
 	dev_dax->pgmap.kill = dev_dax_percpu_kill;
 	dev_dax->pgmap.cleanup = dev_dax_percpu_exit;
+	dev_dax->pgmap.type = MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX;
 	addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, &dev_dax->pgmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(addr))
 		return PTR_ERR(addr);
diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
index 995c62c5a48b..0c86f2c5ac9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/memremap.h
+++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
@@ -45,13 +45,21 @@ struct vmem_altmap {
  * wakeup is used to coordinate physical address space management (ex:
  * fs truncate/hole punch) vs pinned pages (ex: device dma).
  *
+ * MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX:
+ * Host memory that has similar access semantics as System RAM i.e. DMA
+ * coherent and supports page pinning. In contrast to
+ * MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX, this memory is access via a device-dax
+ * character device.
+ *
  * MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
  * Device memory residing in a PCI BAR intended for use with Peer-to-Peer
  * transactions.
  */
 enum memory_type {
+	/* 0 is reserved to catch uninitialized type fields */
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE = 1,
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX,
+	MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX,
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 6e1970719dc2..abda62d1e5a3 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -157,6 +157,28 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 	pgprot_t pgprot = PAGE_KERNEL;
 	int error, nid, is_ram;
 
+	switch (pgmap->type) {
+	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE:
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEVICE_PRIVATE)) {
+			WARN(1, "Device private memory not supported\n");
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+		break;
+	case MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX:
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE) ||
+		    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX_LIMITED)) {
+			WARN(1, "File system DAX not supported\n");
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+		break;
+	case MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX:
+	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
+		break;
+	default:
+		WARN(1, "Invalid pgmap type %d\n", pgmap->type);
+		break;
+	}
+
 	if (!pgmap->ref || !pgmap->kill || !pgmap->cleanup) {
 		WARN(1, "Missing reference count teardown definition\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);