diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2ba45caabada3e88339e88ebdfaaedbb322085c8..187ac5bc8b405d7127095141c98d4828df2e2157 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1644,6 +1644,12 @@
 		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
 			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
 
+	iommu.passthrough=
+			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
+			Format: { "0" | "1" }
+			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
+			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
+			unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
 
 	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
 			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index 3b67144dead2e3811918af8fa44ec6e67a19c955..770ba7e7ef4db32d3856946f87820270bc642e60 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 static struct kset *iommu_group_kset;
 static DEFINE_IDA(iommu_group_ida);
+static unsigned int iommu_def_domain_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
 
 struct iommu_callback_data {
 	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
@@ -112,6 +113,18 @@ static int __iommu_attach_group(struct iommu_domain *domain,
 static void __iommu_detach_group(struct iommu_domain *domain,
 				 struct iommu_group *group);
 
+static int __init iommu_set_def_domain_type(char *str)
+{
+	bool pt;
+
+	if (!str || strtobool(str, &pt))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	iommu_def_domain_type = pt ? IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY : IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("iommu.passthrough", iommu_set_def_domain_type);
+
 static ssize_t iommu_group_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				     struct attribute *__attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -1015,10 +1028,19 @@ struct iommu_group *iommu_group_get_for_dev(struct device *dev)
 	 * IOMMU driver.
 	 */
 	if (!group->default_domain) {
-		group->default_domain = __iommu_domain_alloc(dev->bus,
-							     IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA);
+		struct iommu_domain *dom;
+
+		dom = __iommu_domain_alloc(dev->bus, iommu_def_domain_type);
+		if (!dom && iommu_def_domain_type != IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA) {
+			dev_warn(dev,
+				 "failed to allocate default IOMMU domain of type %u; falling back to IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA",
+				 iommu_def_domain_type);
+			dom = __iommu_domain_alloc(dev->bus, IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA);
+		}
+
+		group->default_domain = dom;
 		if (!group->domain)
-			group->domain = group->default_domain;
+			group->domain = dom;
 	}
 
 	ret = iommu_group_add_device(group, dev);