diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index ab21e0d58278825e5dfc0199cd18b853f07232c1..9d4aa18f2a825256537a7d7e33c606d89d003ee7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static __init int is_reserve_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 	case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE:
 	case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
 	case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
+	case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
 		return 0;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index c52d7540dc05f4c8ca324e0f6f9ce118f9570d71..5f6be9dd69683a0d229a02f4bd12d2e618595634 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,10 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 				flags |= IORESOURCE_DISABLED;
 				break;
 
+			case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
+				name = "Persistent Memory";
+				break;
+
 			case EFI_RESERVED_TYPE:
 			case EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE:
 			case EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_DATA:
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index 48304b89b601fa92bbd8ee1f5e548b4c2ffcc2dc..2c82bd150d43546d03d01de07ecc8e43f5a459d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,10 @@ static efi_status_t setup_e820(struct boot_params *params,
 			e820_type = E820_NVS;
 			break;
 
+		case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
+			e820_type = E820_PMEM;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
index 960a8a9dc4abafa0326f3822aee80c3c9764af93..0f457e6eab18ee14b18c0b575bdaf155998677c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define E820_ACPI	3
 #define E820_NVS	4
 #define E820_UNUSABLE	5
+#define E820_PMEM	7
 
 /*
  * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or NVDIMM regions that
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index e2ce85db228303b61d1afd80e9c0656e2c343423..c857d53269ddf41292d3fb254a7a9dfcc92fc077 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static void __init e820_print_type(u32 type)
 	case E820_UNUSABLE:
 		printk(KERN_CONT "unusable");
 		break;
+	case E820_PMEM:
 	case E820_PRAM:
 		printk(KERN_CONT "persistent (type %u)", type);
 		break;
@@ -918,11 +919,32 @@ static inline const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
 	case E820_ACPI:	return "ACPI Tables";
 	case E820_NVS:	return "ACPI Non-volatile Storage";
 	case E820_UNUSABLE:	return "Unusable memory";
-	case E820_PRAM: return "Persistent RAM";
+	case E820_PRAM: return "Persistent Memory (legacy)";
+	case E820_PMEM: return "Persistent Memory";
 	default:	return "reserved";
 	}
 }
 
+static bool do_mark_busy(u32 type, struct resource *res)
+{
+	/* this is the legacy bios/dos rom-shadow + mmio region */
+	if (res->start < (1ULL<<20))
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Treat persistent memory like device memory, i.e. reserve it
+	 * for exclusive use of a driver
+	 */
+	switch (type) {
+	case E820_RESERVED:
+	case E820_PRAM:
+	case E820_PMEM:
+		return false;
+	default:
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Mark e820 reserved areas as busy for the resource manager.
  */
@@ -952,9 +974,7 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
 		 * pci device BAR resource and insert them later in
 		 * pcibios_resource_survey()
 		 */
-		if (((e820.map[i].type != E820_RESERVED) &&
-		     (e820.map[i].type != E820_PRAM)) ||
-		     res->start < (1ULL<<20)) {
+		if (do_mark_busy(e820.map[i].type, res)) {
 			res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 			insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 		}
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 02744df576d52588a35308998ecc1a138435012e..fe01ae37a2a43103a1266156ec8112e1ae24c008 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ static void __init do_add_efi_memmap(void)
 		case EFI_UNUSABLE_MEMORY:
 			e820_type = E820_UNUSABLE;
 			break;
+		case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
+			e820_type = E820_PMEM;
+			break;
 		default:
 			/*
 			 * EFI_RESERVED_TYPE EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index af5be0368dec26c934565e634c0dc803958ed2cc..825b6e3d69cbff2f9952f7830b60297f0bfa7bcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ typedef	struct {
 #define EFI_MEMORY_MAPPED_IO		11
 #define EFI_MEMORY_MAPPED_IO_PORT_SPACE	12
 #define EFI_PAL_CODE			13
-#define EFI_MAX_MEMORY_TYPE		14
+#define EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY		14
+#define EFI_MAX_MEMORY_TYPE		15
 
 /* Attribute values: */
 #define EFI_MEMORY_UC		((u64)0x0000000000000001ULL)	/* uncached */