diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index 31b73227b41f..ba62df8c6e35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static inline void *phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t x)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 #define virt_to_page(kaddr)	pfn_to_page(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define virt_addr_valid(kaddr)	pfn_valid(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define _virt_addr_valid(kaddr)	pfn_valid(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 #else
 #define __virt_to_pgoff(kaddr)	(((u64)(kaddr) & ~PAGE_OFFSET) / PAGE_SIZE * sizeof(struct page))
 #define __page_to_voff(kaddr)	(((u64)(page) & ~VMEMMAP_START) * PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page))
@@ -222,11 +222,15 @@ static inline void *phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t x)
 #define page_to_virt(page)	((void *)((__page_to_voff(page)) | PAGE_OFFSET))
 #define virt_to_page(vaddr)	((struct page *)((__virt_to_pgoff(vaddr)) | VMEMMAP_START))
 
-#define virt_addr_valid(kaddr)	pfn_valid((((u64)(kaddr) & ~PAGE_OFFSET) \
+#define _virt_addr_valid(kaddr)	pfn_valid((((u64)(kaddr) & ~PAGE_OFFSET) \
 					   + PHYS_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#define _virt_addr_is_linear(kaddr)	(((u64)(kaddr)) >= PAGE_OFFSET)
+#define virt_addr_valid(kaddr)		(_virt_addr_is_linear(kaddr) && \
+					 _virt_addr_valid(kaddr))
+
 #include <asm-generic/memory_model.h>
 
 #endif