diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
index c133bd915f48..d9b96c65e594 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
  */
 #define __PV_BITS_31_24	0x81000000
 
+extern phys_addr_t (*arch_virt_to_idmap) (unsigned long x);
 extern unsigned long __pv_phys_offset;
 #define PHYS_OFFSET __pv_phys_offset
 
@@ -258,6 +259,21 @@ static inline void *phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t x)
 #define __va(x)			((void *)__phys_to_virt((phys_addr_t)(x)))
 #define pfn_to_kaddr(pfn)	__va((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT)
 
+/*
+ * These are for systems that have a hardware interconnect supported alias of
+ * physical memory for idmap purposes.  Most cases should leave these
+ * untouched.
+ */
+static inline phys_addr_t __virt_to_idmap(unsigned long x)
+{
+	if (arch_virt_to_idmap)
+		return arch_virt_to_idmap(x);
+	else
+		return __virt_to_phys(x);
+}
+
+#define virt_to_idmap(x)	__virt_to_idmap((unsigned long)(x))
+
 /*
  * Virtual <-> DMA view memory address translations
  * Again, these are *only* valid on the kernel direct mapped RAM
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 72024ea8a3a6..a0eb830c3daf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void __init smp_set_ops(struct smp_operations *ops)
 
 static unsigned long get_arch_pgd(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
-	phys_addr_t pgdir = virt_to_phys(pgd);
+	phys_addr_t pgdir = virt_to_idmap(pgd);
 	BUG_ON(pgdir & ARCH_PGD_MASK);
 	return pgdir >> ARCH_PGD_SHIFT;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
index 83cb3ac27095..c0a1e48f6733 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/system_info.h>
 
 pgd_t *idmap_pgd;
+phys_addr_t (*arch_virt_to_idmap) (unsigned long x);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
 static void idmap_add_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ static void identity_mapping_add(pgd_t *pgd, const char *text_start,
 	unsigned long addr, end;
 	unsigned long next;
 
-	addr = virt_to_phys(text_start);
-	end = virt_to_phys(text_end);
+	addr = virt_to_idmap(text_start);
+	end = virt_to_idmap(text_end);
 
 	prot |= PMD_TYPE_SECT | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | PMD_SECT_AF;