diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resource.c b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
index 15d22db05054..cdc5c2599beb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/resource.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ bool acpi_dev_resource_memory(struct acpi_resource *ares, struct resource *res)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_dev_resource_memory);
 
 static void acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(struct resource *res, u64 len,
-				      u8 io_decode)
+				      u8 io_decode, u8 translation_type)
 {
 	res->flags = IORESOURCE_IO;
 
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static void acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(struct resource *res, u64 len,
 
 	if (io_decode == ACPI_DECODE_16)
 		res->flags |= IORESOURCE_IO_16BIT_ADDR;
+	if (translation_type == ACPI_SPARSE_TRANSLATION)
+		res->flags |= IORESOURCE_IO_SPARSE;
 }
 
 static void acpi_dev_get_ioresource(struct resource *res, u64 start, u64 len,
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ static void acpi_dev_get_ioresource(struct resource *res, u64 start, u64 len,
 {
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = start + len - 1;
-	acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(res, len, io_decode);
+	acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(res, len, io_decode, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -231,7 +233,8 @@ static bool acpi_decode_space(struct resource_win *win,
 		acpi_dev_memresource_flags(res, len, wp);
 		break;
 	case ACPI_IO_RANGE:
-		acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(res, len, iodec);
+		acpi_dev_ioresource_flags(res, len, iodec,
+					  addr->info.io.translation_type);
 		break;
 	case ACPI_BUS_NUMBER_RANGE:
 		res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUS;
diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 388e3ae94f7a..24bea087e7af 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct resource {
 /* PnP I/O specific bits (IORESOURCE_BITS) */
 #define IORESOURCE_IO_16BIT_ADDR	(1<<0)
 #define IORESOURCE_IO_FIXED		(1<<1)
+#define IORESOURCE_IO_SPARSE		(1<<2)
 
 /* PCI ROM control bits (IORESOURCE_BITS) */
 #define IORESOURCE_ROM_ENABLE		(1<<0)	/* ROM is enabled, same as PCI_ROM_ADDRESS_ENABLE */