diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 217aa1911dd7a01641a8d9e85220c2128d263b0b..cc240c03efeca996d7c9e4647687ee971e2a8b3a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	unsigned int		nr;		/* architecture number	*/
 	const char		*name;		/* architecture name	*/
 	unsigned long		boot_params;	/* tagged list		*/
+	unsigned long		atag_offset;	/* tagged list (relative) */
 	const char		**dt_compat;	/* array of device tree
 						 * 'compatible' strings	*/
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 70bca649e9250d8a517348c7536e1fd7e782f942..2737ba3f739c9c52aed2dce65bef9961640bea14 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ static struct machine_desc * __init setup_machine_tags(unsigned int nr)
 
 	if (__atags_pointer)
 		tags = phys_to_virt(__atags_pointer);
+	else if (mdesc->atag_offset)
+		tags = (void *)(PAGE_OFFSET + mdesc->atag_offset);
 	else if (mdesc->boot_params) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 		/*