diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
index 07ac208edc89..73aa25843f65 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ generic-y += early_ioremap.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += qrwlock.h
 generic-y += qspinlock.h
-generic-y += set_memory.h
 generic-y += user.h
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index ace2c3d7ae7e..4e3c13799735 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ static __always_inline void __flush_icache_all(void)
 	dsb(ish);
 }
 
-int set_memory_valid(unsigned long addr, int numpages, int enable);
-
-int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages);
-bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page);
-
 #include <asm-generic/cacheflush.h>
 
 #endif /* __ASM_CACHEFLUSH_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h
index d061176d57ea..aa855c6a0ae6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_KFENCE_H
 #define __ASM_KFENCE_H
 
-#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 
 static inline bool arch_kfence_init_pool(void) { return true; }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/set_memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/set_memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecb6b0f449ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/set_memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H
+#define _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/set_memory.h>
+
+bool can_set_direct_map(void);
+#define can_set_direct_map can_set_direct_map
+
+int set_memory_valid(unsigned long addr, int numpages, int enable);
+
+int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages);
+bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 90a335c74442..0ec94e718724 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 3802cfbdd20d..9243ea9f4e9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
 
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
 	int flags = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
-	if (rodata_full || crash_mem_map || debug_pagealloc_enabled())
+	if (can_set_direct_map() || crash_mem_map)
 		flags = NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
 
 	/*
@@ -1470,8 +1471,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 	 * KFENCE requires linear map to be mapped at page granularity, so that
 	 * it is possible to protect/unprotect single pages in the KFENCE pool.
 	 */
-	if (rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled() ||
-	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
+	if (can_set_direct_map() || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
 		flags = NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
 
 	__create_pgd_mapping(swapper_pg_dir, start, __phys_to_virt(start),
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index b53ef37bf95a..d505172265b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ struct page_change_data {
 
 bool rodata_full __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RODATA_FULL_DEFAULT_ENABLED);
 
+bool can_set_direct_map(void)
+{
+	return rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled();
+}
+
 static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {
 	struct page_change_data *cdata = data;
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages)
 	};
 	unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE * numpages;
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return 0;
 
 	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm,
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages)
 	};
 	unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE * numpages;
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return 0;
 
 	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm,
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page, int numpages)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 {
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return;
 
 	set_memory_valid((unsigned long)page_address(page), numpages, enable);
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page)
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return true;
 
 	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
diff --git a/include/linux/set_memory.h b/include/linux/set_memory.h
index c650f82db813..7b4b6626032d 100644
--- a/include/linux/set_memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/set_memory.h
@@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ static inline bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page)
 {
 	return true;
 }
+#else /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP */
+/*
+ * Some architectures, e.g. ARM64 can disable direct map modifications at
+ * boot time. Let them overrive this query.
+ */
+#ifndef can_set_direct_map
+static inline bool can_set_direct_map(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#define can_set_direct_map can_set_direct_map
 #endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP */
 
 #ifndef set_mce_nospec
 static inline int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap)
