diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
index 2728b0e7d2bb..3f6dc40b8353 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
  */
 int valid_phys_addr_range(unsigned long addr, size_t size)
 {
+	if (addr < PHYS_OFFSET)
+		return 0;
 	if (addr + size > __pa(high_memory))
 		return 0;