diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
index bbeb11eda814..2e59180143a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern void __iomem *__arm_ioremap_caller(unsigned long, size_t, unsigned int,
 
 extern void __iomem *__arm_ioremap_pfn(unsigned long, unsigned long, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern void __iomem *__arm_ioremap(unsigned long, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern void __iomem *__arm_ioremap_exec(unsigned long, size_t, bool cached);
 extern void __iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
index ab506272b2d3..bdb248c4f55c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -289,6 +289,27 @@ __arm_ioremap(unsigned long phys_addr, size_t size, unsigned int mtype)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__arm_ioremap);
 
+/*
+ * Remap an arbitrary physical address space into the kernel virtual
+ * address space as memory. Needed when the kernel wants to execute
+ * code in external memory. This is needed for reprogramming source
+ * clocks that would affect normal memory for example. Please see
+ * CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR for allocating external memory.
+ */
+void __iomem *
+__arm_ioremap_exec(unsigned long phys_addr, size_t size, bool cached)
+{
+	unsigned int mtype;
+
+	if (cached)
+		mtype = MT_MEMORY;
+	else
+		mtype = MT_MEMORY_NONCACHED;
+
+	return __arm_ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, mtype,
+			__builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+
 void __iounmap(volatile void __iomem *io_addr)
 {
 	void *addr = (void *)(PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long)io_addr);