diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
index ae3cb638f2201f5f56506a2cf26204c7ebdd85ca..917aeaa04fff651a8aaf047dadbe85441ce17502 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * access guest memory
  *
- * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2009
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2014
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include "kvm-s390.h"
 
 /* Convert real to absolute address by applying the prefix of the CPU */
@@ -136,4 +137,94 @@ static inline int __copy_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long to,
 #define copy_from_guest_absolute(vcpu, to, from, size) \
 	__copy_guest(vcpu, (unsigned long)to, from, size, 0, 0)
 
+/*
+ * put_guest_lc, read_guest_lc and write_guest_lc are guest access functions
+ * which shall only be used to access the lowcore of a vcpu.
+ * These functions should be used for e.g. interrupt handlers where no
+ * guest memory access protection facilities, like key or low address
+ * protection, are applicable.
+ * At a later point guest vcpu lowcore access should happen via pinned
+ * prefix pages, so that these pages can be accessed directly via the
+ * kernel mapping. All of these *_lc functions can be removed then.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * put_guest_lc - write a simple variable to a guest vcpu's lowcore
+ * @vcpu: virtual cpu
+ * @x: value to copy to guest
+ * @gra: vcpu's destination guest real address
+ *
+ * Copies a simple value from kernel space to a guest vcpu's lowcore.
+ * The size of the variable may be 1, 2, 4 or 8 bytes. The destination
+ * must be located in the vcpu's lowcore. Otherwise the result is undefined.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ * Note: an error indicates that either the kernel is out of memory or
+ *	 the guest memory mapping is broken. In any case the best solution
+ *	 would be to terminate the guest.
+ *	 It is wrong to inject a guest exception.
+ */
+#define put_guest_lc(vcpu, x, gra)				\
+({								\
+	struct kvm_vcpu *__vcpu = (vcpu);			\
+	__typeof__(*(gra)) __x = (x);				\
+	unsigned long __gpa;					\
+								\
+	__gpa = (unsigned long)(gra);				\
+	__gpa += __vcpu->arch.sie_block->prefix;		\
+	kvm_write_guest(__vcpu->kvm, __gpa, &__x, sizeof(__x));	\
+})
+
+/**
+ * write_guest_lc - copy data from kernel space to guest vcpu's lowcore
+ * @vcpu: virtual cpu
+ * @gra: vcpu's source guest real address
+ * @data: source address in kernel space
+ * @len: number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Copy data from kernel space to guest vcpu's lowcore. The entire range must
+ * be located within the vcpu's lowcore, otherwise the result is undefined.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ * Note: an error indicates that either the kernel is out of memory or
+ *	 the guest memory mapping is broken. In any case the best solution
+ *	 would be to terminate the guest.
+ *	 It is wrong to inject a guest exception.
+ */
+static inline __must_check
+int write_guest_lc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long gra, void *data,
+		   unsigned long len)
+{
+	unsigned long gpa = gra + vcpu->arch.sie_block->prefix;
+
+	return kvm_write_guest(vcpu->kvm, gpa, data, len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_guest_lc - copy data from guest vcpu's lowcore to kernel space
+ * @vcpu: virtual cpu
+ * @gra: vcpu's source guest real address
+ * @data: destination address in kernel space
+ * @len: number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Copy data from guest vcpu's lowcore to kernel space. The entire range must
+ * be located within the vcpu's lowcore, otherwise the result is undefined.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ * Note: an error indicates that either the kernel is out of memory or
+ *	 the guest memory mapping is broken. In any case the best solution
+ *	 would be to terminate the guest.
+ *	 It is wrong to inject a guest exception.
+ */
+static inline __must_check
+int read_guest_lc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long gra, void *data,
+		  unsigned long len)
+{
+	unsigned long gpa = gra + vcpu->arch.sie_block->prefix;
+
+	return kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, gpa, data, len);
+}
 #endif /* __KVM_S390_GACCESS_H */