diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
index def8ca1c982d..f50e51c1a9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@ static struct io_pgtable *arm_v7s_alloc_pgtable(struct io_pgtable_cfg *cfg,
 {
 	struct arm_v7s_io_pgtable *data;
 
+#ifdef PHYS_OFFSET
+	if (upper_32_bits(PHYS_OFFSET))
+		return NULL;
+#endif
 	if (cfg->ias > ARM_V7S_ADDR_BITS || cfg->oas > ARM_V7S_ADDR_BITS)
 		return NULL;