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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 659963d40bb4..5ce9b2929e0d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -185,6 +185,25 @@ SECTIONS
_data = .;
_sdata = .;
RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+
+ /*
+ * Data written with the MMU off but read with the MMU on requires
+ * cache lines to be invalidated, discarding up to a Cache Writeback
+ * Granule (CWG) of data from the cache. Keep the section that
+ * requires this type of maintenance to be in its own Cache Writeback
+ * Granule (CWG) area so the cache maintenance operations don't
+ * interfere with adjacent data.
+ */
+ .mmuoff.data.write : ALIGN(SZ_2K) {
+ __mmuoff_data_start = .;
+ *(.mmuoff.data.write)
+ }
+ . = ALIGN(SZ_2K);
+ .mmuoff.data.read : {
+ *(.mmuoff.data.read)
+ __mmuoff_data_end = .;
+ }
+
PECOFF_EDATA_PADDING
_edata = .;
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