diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
index 7e82c41a85f1a62b8d44e736e7f360b27b40d344..bdc989183c648bb690a5832d20b4a5b760faa7f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
@@ -534,8 +534,10 @@ struct msm_gpu *a2xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	if (!gpu->aspace) {
 		dev_err(dev->dev, "No memory protection without MMU\n");
-		ret = -ENXIO;
-		goto fail;
+		if (!allow_vram_carveout) {
+			ret = -ENXIO;
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return gpu;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
index 93da6683a8661b6bfc6d88b96d5f095bae423d8f..4534633fe7cdb267718cbf58efef5ab5554203a4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
@@ -564,8 +564,10 @@ struct msm_gpu *a3xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		 * implement a cmdstream validator.
 		 */
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "No memory protection without IOMMU\n");
-		ret = -ENXIO;
-		goto fail;
+		if (!allow_vram_carveout) {
+			ret = -ENXIO;
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	icc_path = devm_of_icc_get(&pdev->dev, "gfx-mem");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
index c0be3a0f36b2ced405d5b16d0467928776493b1f..82bebb40234de14016e4e25768690706d8120283 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
@@ -692,8 +692,10 @@ struct msm_gpu *a4xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		 * implement a cmdstream validator.
 		 */
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "No memory protection without IOMMU\n");
-		ret = -ENXIO;
-		goto fail;
+		if (!allow_vram_carveout) {
+			ret = -ENXIO;
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	icc_path = devm_of_icc_get(&pdev->dev, "gfx-mem");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
index 87c8b033ad1a6644a66f9d751358a1b3f1c6dfa5..12e75ba360f95548f8af4864aa0c599c9dd57ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ bool snapshot_debugbus = false;
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(snapshot_debugbus, "Include debugbus sections in GPU devcoredump (if not fused off)");
 module_param_named(snapshot_debugbus, snapshot_debugbus, bool, 0600);
 
+bool allow_vram_carveout = false;
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_vram_carveout, "Allow using VRAM Carveout, in place of IOMMU");
+module_param_named(allow_vram_carveout, allow_vram_carveout, bool, 0600);
+
 static const struct adreno_info gpulist[] = {
 	{
 		.rev   = ADRENO_REV(2, 0, 0, 0),
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
index c3775f79525a78735e34f877145e0d8aea42d3c2..fe5444a1482aea1af79413a28c02cb6862c67cf4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "adreno_pm4.xml.h"
 
 extern bool snapshot_debugbus;
+extern bool allow_vram_carveout;
 
 enum {
 	ADRENO_FW_PM4 = 0,