diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
index 1cb9d1f2717b..01e296c6dc9e 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
@@ -3217,6 +3217,91 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_dirty_pages(struct vfio_iommu *iommu,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * To optimize for fewer page fault handlings, try to
+ * pre-map more pages than requested.
+ */
+#define IOPF_PREMAP_LEN		512
+
+/*
+ * Return 0 on success or a negative error code, the
+ * number of pages contiguously pinned is in @pinned.
+ */
+static int pin_pages_iopf(struct vfio_dma *dma, unsigned long vaddr,
+			  unsigned long npages, unsigned long *pfn_base,
+			  unsigned long *pinned, struct vfio_batch *batch)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+	int ret = 0;
+	*pinned = 0;
+
+	mm = get_task_mm(dma->task);
+	if (!mm)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (batch->size) {
+		*pfn_base = page_to_pfn(batch->pages[batch->offset]);
+		pfn = *pfn_base;
+	} else {
+		*pfn_base = 0;
+	}
+
+	while (npages) {
+		if (!batch->size) {
+			unsigned long req_pages = min_t(unsigned long, npages,
+							batch->capacity);
+
+			ret = vaddr_get_pfns(mm, vaddr, req_pages, dma->prot,
+					     &pfn, batch->pages);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+
+			batch->size = ret;
+			batch->offset = 0;
+			ret = 0;
+
+			if (!*pfn_base)
+				*pfn_base = pfn;
+		}
+
+		while (true) {
+			if (pfn != *pfn_base + *pinned)
+				goto out;
+
+			(*pinned)++;
+			npages--;
+			vaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
+			batch->offset++;
+			batch->size--;
+
+			if (!batch->size)
+				break;
+
+			pfn = page_to_pfn(batch->pages[batch->offset]);
+		}
+
+		if (unlikely(disable_hugepages))
+			break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (batch->size == 1 && !batch->offset) {
+		put_pfn(pfn, dma->prot);
+		batch->size = 0;
+	}
+
+	mmput(mm);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void unpin_pages_iopf(struct vfio_dma *dma,
+			     unsigned long pfn, unsigned long npages)
+{
+	while (npages--)
+		put_pfn(pfn++, dma->prot);
+}
+
 /* VFIO I/O Page Fault handler */
 static int vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map_iopf(struct iommu_fault *fault, void *data)
 {
@@ -3225,9 +3310,11 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map_iopf(struct iommu_fault *fault, void *data)
 	struct vfio_iopf_group *iopf_group;
 	struct vfio_iommu *iommu;
 	struct vfio_dma *dma;
+	struct vfio_batch batch;
 	dma_addr_t iova = ALIGN_DOWN(fault->prm.addr, PAGE_SIZE);
 	int access_flags = 0;
-	unsigned long bit_offset, vaddr, pfn;
+	size_t premap_len, map_len, mapped_len = 0;
+	unsigned long bit_offset, vaddr, pfn, i, npages;
 	int ret;
 	enum iommu_page_response_code status = IOMMU_PAGE_RESP_INVALID;
 	struct iommu_page_response resp = {0};
@@ -3263,19 +3350,47 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map_iopf(struct iommu_fault *fault, void *data)
 	if (IOPF_MAPPED_BITMAP_GET(dma, bit_offset))
 		goto out_success;
 
+	premap_len = IOPF_PREMAP_LEN << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	npages = dma->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	map_len = PAGE_SIZE;
+	for (i = bit_offset + 1; i < npages; i++) {
+		if (map_len >= premap_len || IOPF_MAPPED_BITMAP_GET(dma, i))
+			break;
+		map_len += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
 	vaddr = iova - dma->iova + dma->vaddr;
+	vfio_batch_init(&batch);
 
-	if (vfio_pin_page_external(dma, vaddr, &pfn, false))
-		goto out_invalid;
+	while (map_len) {
+		ret = pin_pages_iopf(dma, vaddr + mapped_len,
+				     map_len >> PAGE_SHIFT, &pfn,
+				     &npages, &batch);
+		if (!npages)
+			break;
 
-	if (vfio_iommu_map(iommu, iova, pfn, 1, dma->prot)) {
-		put_pfn(pfn, dma->prot);
-		goto out_invalid;
+		if (vfio_iommu_map(iommu, iova + mapped_len, pfn,
+				   npages, dma->prot)) {
+			unpin_pages_iopf(dma, pfn, npages);
+			vfio_batch_unpin(&batch, dma);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bitmap_set(dma->iopf_mapped_bitmap,
+			   bit_offset + (mapped_len >> PAGE_SHIFT), npages);
+
+		unpin_pages_iopf(dma, pfn, npages);
+
+		map_len -= npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+		mapped_len += npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
 	}
 
-	bitmap_set(dma->iopf_mapped_bitmap, bit_offset, 1);
+	vfio_batch_fini(&batch);
 
-	put_pfn(pfn, dma->prot);
+	if (!mapped_len)
+		goto out_invalid;
 
 out_success:
 	status = IOMMU_PAGE_RESP_SUCCESS;
