diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/persistent_ram.c b/drivers/staging/android/persistent_ram.c
index ab8bff19dca0..c16d7c2b1d97 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/persistent_ram.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/persistent_ram.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/rslib.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 #include "persistent_ram.h"
 
 struct persistent_ram_buffer {
@@ -349,10 +350,25 @@ static void *persistent_ram_vmap(phys_addr_t start, size_t size)
 	return vaddr;
 }
 
+static void *persistent_ram_iomap(phys_addr_t start, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!request_mem_region(start, size, "persistent_ram")) {
+		pr_err("request mem region (0x%llx@0x%llx) failed\n",
+			(unsigned long long)size, (unsigned long long)start);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ioremap(start, size);
+}
+
 static int persistent_ram_buffer_map(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size,
 		struct persistent_ram_zone *prz)
 {
-	prz->vaddr = persistent_ram_vmap(start, size);
+	if (pfn_valid(start >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+		prz->vaddr = persistent_ram_vmap(start, size);
+	else
+		prz->vaddr = persistent_ram_iomap(start, size);
+
 	if (!prz->vaddr) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to map 0x%llx pages at 0x%llx\n", __func__,
 			(unsigned long long)size, (unsigned long long)start);