diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
index 3654def9915c..44a082639439 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ config VIRTIO_MEM
 	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 	depends on CONTIG_ALLOC
+	depends on EXCLUSIVE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	help
 	 This driver provides access to virtio-mem paravirtualized memory
 	 devices, allowing to hotplug and hotunplug memory.
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index 3573b78f6b05..0da0af251c73 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -2672,8 +2672,10 @@ static int virtio_mem_create_resource(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 	if (!name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/* Disallow mapping device memory via /dev/mem completely. */
 	vm->parent_resource = __request_mem_region(vm->addr, vm->region_size,
-						   name, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM);
+						   name, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM |
+						   IORESOURCE_EXCLUSIVE);
 	if (!vm->parent_resource) {
 		kfree(name);
 		dev_warn(&vm->vdev->dev, "could not reserve device region\n");