diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
index 5fc8a66c39248a742168250e2ca94bc5ebfa3a9a..955e8c5f0afbb1a198541e53f81676baf9f87980 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
  */
 
 #define PUD_TABLE_BIT		(_AT(pgdval_t, 1) << 1)
+#define PUD_TYPE_MASK		(_AT(pgdval_t, 3) << 0)
+#define PUD_TYPE_SECT		(_AT(pgdval_t, 1) << 0)
 
 /*
  * Level 2 descriptor (PMD).
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 752348dbb4f3d6ef06c9620e35744459b7d5987a..3de4ef8bfd82dc943bdf414512c8494da0f4ff65 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static inline pmd_t pte_pmd(pte_t pte)
 #define mk_pmd(page,prot)	pfn_pmd(page_to_pfn(page),prot)
 
 #define pmd_page(pmd)           pfn_to_page(__phys_to_pfn(pmd_val(pmd) & PHYS_MASK))
+#define pud_pfn(pud)		(((pud_val(pud) & PUD_MASK) & PHYS_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 
 #define set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmdp, pmd)	set_pmd(pmdp, pmd)
 
@@ -292,6 +293,12 @@ extern pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 #define pmd_sect(pmd)		((pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_TYPE_MASK) == \
 				 PMD_TYPE_SECT)
 
+#ifdef ARM64_64K_PAGES
+#define pud_sect(pud)		(0)
+#else
+#define pud_sect(pud)		((pud_val(pud) & PUD_TYPE_MASK) == \
+				 PUD_TYPE_SECT)
+#endif
 
 static inline void set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 2c0e1dda816370d4d6e30c560fd5cef6d341383f..3a729de96f1506239d239423bd9f47d0be20b5bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -195,7 +195,30 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pud(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
 
 	do {
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys);
+
+		/*
+		 * For 4K granule only, attempt to put down a 1GB block
+		 */
+		if ((PAGE_SHIFT == 12) &&
+		    ((addr | next | phys) & ~PUD_MASK) == 0) {
+			pud_t old_pud = *pud;
+			set_pud(pud, __pud(phys | PROT_SECT_NORMAL_EXEC));
+
+			/*
+			 * If we have an old value for a pud, it will
+			 * be pointing to a pmd table that we no longer
+			 * need (from swapper_pg_dir).
+			 *
+			 * Look up the old pmd table and free it.
+			 */
+			if (!pud_none(old_pud)) {
+				phys_addr_t table = __pa(pmd_offset(&old_pud, 0));
+				memblock_free(table, PAGE_SIZE);
+				flush_tlb_all();
+			}
+		} else {
+			alloc_init_pmd(pud, addr, next, phys);
+		}
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
@@ -338,6 +361,9 @@ int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
 	if (pud_none(*pud))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (pud_sect(*pud))
+		return pfn_valid(pud_pfn(*pud));
+
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
 		return 0;