diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h
index f600d400c07d..29ed1d865e13 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ extern void paging_init(void);
 extern void setup_mm_for_reboot(void);
 extern void __iomem *early_io_map(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt);
 extern void init_mem_pgprot(void);
+/* create an identity mapping for memory (or io if map_io is true) */
+extern void create_id_mapping(phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t size, int map_io);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 6b7e89569a3a..971eb45e8bda 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
 }
 
 static void __init alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn)
+				  unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn,
+				  pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
@@ -180,16 +181,28 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
 	do {
-		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC));
+		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
 		pfn++;
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 }
 
 static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys)
+				  unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys,
+				  int map_io)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
+	pmdval_t prot_sect;
+	pgprot_t prot_pte;
+
+	if (map_io) {
+		prot_sect = PMD_TYPE_SECT | PMD_SECT_AF |
+			    PMD_ATTRINDX(MT_DEVICE_nGnRE);
+		prot_pte = __pgprot(PROT_DEVICE_nGnRE);
+	} else {
+		prot_sect = prot_sect_kernel;
+		prot_pte = PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for initial section mappings in the pgd/pud and remove them.
@@ -205,7 +218,7 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 		/* try section mapping first */
 		if (((addr | next | phys) & ~SECTION_MASK) == 0) {
 			pmd_t old_pmd =*pmd;
-			set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(phys | prot_sect_kernel));
+			set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(phys | prot_sect));
 			/*
 			 * Check for previous table entries created during
 			 * boot (__create_page_tables) and flush them.
@@ -213,21 +226,23 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pmd(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 			if (!pmd_none(old_pmd))
 				flush_tlb_all();
 		} else {
-			alloc_init_pte(pmd, addr, next, __phys_to_pfn(phys));
+			alloc_init_pte(pmd, addr, next, __phys_to_pfn(phys),
+				       prot_pte);
 		}
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
 static void __init alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
-				  unsigned long end, unsigned long phys)
+				  unsigned long end, unsigned long phys,
+				  int map_io)
 {
 	pud_t *pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
 	unsigned long next;
 
 	do {
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys);
+		alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys, map_io);
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
@@ -236,30 +251,44 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
  * Create the page directory entries and any necessary page tables for the
  * mapping specified by 'md'.
  */
-static void __init create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
-				  phys_addr_t size)
+static void __init __create_mapping(pgd_t *pgd, phys_addr_t phys,
+				    unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t size,
+				    int map_io)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, length, end, next;
-	pgd_t *pgd;
-
-	if (virt < VMALLOC_START) {
-		pr_warning("BUG: not creating mapping for 0x%016llx at 0x%016lx - outside kernel range\n",
-			   phys, virt);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	addr = virt & PAGE_MASK;
 	length = PAGE_ALIGN(size + (virt & ~PAGE_MASK));
 
-	pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
 	end = addr + length;
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pud(pgd, addr, next, phys);
+		alloc_init_pud(pgd, addr, next, phys, map_io);
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
+static void __init create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
+				  phys_addr_t size)
+{
+	if (virt < VMALLOC_START) {
+		pr_warn("BUG: not creating mapping for %pa at 0x%016lx - outside kernel range\n",
+			&phys, virt);
+		return;
+	}
+	__create_mapping(pgd_offset_k(virt & PAGE_MASK), phys, virt, size, 0);
+}
+
+void __init create_id_mapping(phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t size, int map_io)
+{
+	if ((addr >> PGDIR_SHIFT) >= ARRAY_SIZE(idmap_pg_dir)) {
+		pr_warn("BUG: not creating id mapping for %pa\n", &addr);
+		return;
+	}
+	__create_mapping(&idmap_pg_dir[pgd_index(addr)],
+			 addr, addr, size, map_io);
+}
+
 static void __init map_mem(void)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *reg;