diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 9cde5d2e768f43160d7322361a9dfc2c77293b68..4261d55e85069117a0cf33e434709e1a94f3f50f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -659,6 +659,20 @@ static inline u32 id_aa64mmfr0_parange_to_phys_shift(int parange)
 	default: return CONFIG_ARM64_PA_BITS;
 	}
 }
+
+/* Check whether hardware update of the Access flag is supported */
+static inline bool cpu_has_hw_af(void)
+{
+	u64 mmfr1;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_HW_AFDBM))
+		return false;
+
+	mmfr1 = read_cpuid(ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1);
+	return cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(mmfr1,
+						ID_AA64MMFR1_HADBS_SHIFT);
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif