diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 049439b65553..c9900aedc195 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	vm_fault_t (*pfn_mkwrite)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 	/* called by access_process_vm when get_user_pages() fails, typically
-	 * for use by special VMAs that can switch between memory and hardware
+	 * for use by special VMAs. See also generic_access_phys() for a generic
+	 * implementation useful for any iomem mapping.
 	 */
 	int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		      void *buf, int len, int write);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index feff48e1465a..8079c181efff 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4834,28 +4834,68 @@ int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * generic_access_phys - generic implementation for iomem mmap access
+ * @vma: the vma to access
+ * @addr: userspace addres, not relative offset within @vma
+ * @buf: buffer to read/write
+ * @len: length of transfer
+ * @write: set to FOLL_WRITE when writing, otherwise reading
+ *
+ * This is a generic implementation for &vm_operations_struct.access for an
+ * iomem mapping. This callback is used by access_process_vm() when the @vma is
+ * not page based.
+ */
 int generic_access_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			void *buf, int len, int write)
 {
 	resource_size_t phys_addr;
 	unsigned long prot = 0;
 	void __iomem *maddr;
-	int offset = addr & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
+	pte_t *ptep, pte;
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	int offset = offset_in_page(addr);
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (follow_phys(vma, addr, write, &prot, &phys_addr))
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+retry:
+	if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, addr, NULL, &ptep, NULL, &ptl))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	pte = *ptep;
+	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+
+	prot = pgprot_val(pte_pgprot(pte));
+	phys_addr = (resource_size_t)pte_pfn(pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if ((write & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(pte))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	maddr = ioremap_prot(phys_addr, PAGE_ALIGN(len + offset), prot);
 	if (!maddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, addr, NULL, &ptep, NULL, &ptl))
+		goto out_unmap;
+
+	if (!pte_same(pte, *ptep)) {
+		pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+		iounmap(maddr);
+
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	if (write)
 		memcpy_toio(maddr + offset, buf, len);
 	else
 		memcpy_fromio(buf, maddr + offset, len);
+	ret = len;
+	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+out_unmap:
 	iounmap(maddr);
 
-	return len;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_access_phys);
 #endif