diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
index 5c4535b545cc..d053f2634c67 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@ config QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL
 	  Client driver for the WCNSS_CTRL SMD channel, used to download nv
 	  firmware to a newly booted WCNSS chip.
 
+config QCOM_APR
+	tristate "Qualcomm APR Bus (Asynchronous Packet Router)"
+	depends on ARCH_QCOM
+	depends on RPMSG
+	help
+          Enable APR IPC protocol support between
+          application processor and QDSP6. APR is
+          used by audio driver to configure QDSP6
+          ASM, ADM and AFE modules.
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
index dcebf2814e6d..39de5dee55d9 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMEM_STATE) += smem_state.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMP2P)	+= smp2p.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMSM)	+= smsm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL) += wcnss_ctrl.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_APR) += apr.o
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/apr.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/apr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c449e350ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/apr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (c) 2011-2017, The Linux Foundation
+// Copyright (c) 2018, Linaro Limited
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/soc/qcom/apr.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+
+struct apr {
+	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ch;
+	struct device *dev;
+	spinlock_t svcs_lock;
+	struct list_head svcs;
+	int dest_domain_id;
+};
+
+/**
+ * apr_send_pkt() - Send a apr message from apr device
+ *
+ * @adev: Pointer to previously registered apr device.
+ * @buf: Pointer to buffer to send
+ *
+ * Return: Will be an negative on packet size on success.
+ */
+int apr_send_pkt(struct apr_device *adev, void *buf)
+{
+	struct apr *apr = dev_get_drvdata(adev->dev.parent);
+	struct apr_hdr *hdr;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adev->lock, flags);
+
+	hdr = (struct apr_hdr *)buf;
+	hdr->src_domain = APR_DOMAIN_APPS;
+	hdr->src_svc = adev->svc_id;
+	hdr->dest_domain = adev->domain_id;
+	hdr->dest_svc = adev->svc_id;
+
+	ret = rpmsg_send(apr->ch, buf, hdr->pkt_size);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&adev->dev, "Unable to send APR pkt %d\n",
+			hdr->pkt_size);
+	} else {
+		ret = hdr->pkt_size;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adev->lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apr_send_pkt);
+
+static void apr_dev_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+
+	kfree(adev);
+}
+
+static int apr_callback(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf,
+				  int len, void *priv, u32 addr)
+{
+	struct apr *apr = dev_get_drvdata(&rpdev->dev);
+	struct apr_client_message data;
+	struct apr_device *p, *c_svc = NULL;
+	struct apr_driver *adrv = NULL;
+	struct apr_hdr *hdr;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	uint16_t hdr_size;
+	uint16_t msg_type;
+	uint16_t ver;
+	uint16_t svc;
+
+	if (len <= APR_HDR_SIZE) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: Improper apr pkt received:%p %d\n",
+			buf, len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	hdr = buf;
+	ver = APR_HDR_FIELD_VER(hdr->hdr_field);
+	if (ver > APR_PKT_VER + 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	hdr_size = APR_HDR_FIELD_SIZE_BYTES(hdr->hdr_field);
+	if (hdr_size < APR_HDR_SIZE) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: Wrong hdr size:%d\n", hdr_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->pkt_size < APR_HDR_SIZE) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: Wrong paket size\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	msg_type = APR_HDR_FIELD_MT(hdr->hdr_field);
+	if (msg_type >= APR_MSG_TYPE_MAX && msg_type != APR_BASIC_RSP_RESULT) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: Wrong message type: %d\n", msg_type);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->src_domain >= APR_DOMAIN_MAX ||
+			hdr->dest_domain >= APR_DOMAIN_MAX ||
+			hdr->src_svc >= APR_SVC_MAX ||
+			hdr->dest_svc >= APR_SVC_MAX) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: Wrong APR header\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	svc = hdr->dest_svc;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&apr->svcs_lock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry(p, &apr->svcs, node) {
+		if (svc == p->svc_id) {
+			c_svc = p;
+			if (c_svc->dev.driver)
+				adrv = to_apr_driver(c_svc->dev.driver);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&apr->svcs_lock, flags);
+
+	if (!adrv) {
+		dev_err(apr->dev, "APR: service is not registered\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	data.payload_size = hdr->pkt_size - hdr_size;
+	data.opcode = hdr->opcode;
+	data.src_port = hdr->src_port;
+	data.dest_port = hdr->dest_port;
+	data.token = hdr->token;
+	data.msg_type = msg_type;
+
+	if (data.payload_size > 0)
+		data.payload = buf + hdr_size;
+
+	adrv->callback(c_svc, &data);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int apr_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+	struct apr_driver *adrv = to_apr_driver(drv);
+	const struct apr_device_id *id = adrv->id_table;
+
+	/* Attempt an OF style match first */
+	if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!id)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (id->domain_id != 0 || id->svc_id != 0) {
+		if (id->domain_id == adev->domain_id &&
+		    id->svc_id == adev->svc_id)
+			return 1;
+		id++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int apr_device_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+	struct apr_driver *adrv = to_apr_driver(dev->driver);
+
+	return adrv->probe(adev);
+}
+
+static int apr_device_remove(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+	struct apr_driver *adrv;
+	struct apr *apr = dev_get_drvdata(adev->dev.parent);
+
+	if (dev->driver) {
+		adrv = to_apr_driver(dev->driver);
+		if (adrv->remove)
+			adrv->remove(adev);
+		spin_lock(&apr->svcs_lock);
+		list_del(&adev->node);
+		spin_unlock(&apr->svcs_lock);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int apr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
+	if (ret != -ENODEV)
+		return ret;
+
+	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS= apr:%s", adev->name);
+}
+
+struct bus_type aprbus_type = {
+	.name		= "aprbus",
+	.match		= apr_device_match,
+	.probe		= apr_device_probe,
+	.uevent		= apr_uevent,
+	.remove		= apr_device_remove,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aprbus_type);
+
+static int apr_add_device(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+			  const struct apr_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct apr *apr = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct apr_device *adev = NULL;
+
+	adev = kzalloc(sizeof(*adev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!adev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&adev->lock);
+
+	adev->svc_id = id->svc_id;
+	adev->domain_id = id->domain_id;
+	adev->version = id->svc_version;
+	if (np)
+		strncpy(adev->name, np->name, APR_NAME_SIZE);
+	else
+		strncpy(adev->name, id->name, APR_NAME_SIZE);
+
+	dev_set_name(&adev->dev, "aprsvc:%s:%x:%x", adev->name,
+		     id->domain_id, id->svc_id);
+
+	adev->dev.bus = &aprbus_type;
+	adev->dev.parent = dev;
+	adev->dev.of_node = np;
+	adev->dev.release = apr_dev_release;
+	adev->dev.driver = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&apr->svcs_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&adev->node, &apr->svcs);
+	spin_unlock(&apr->svcs_lock);
+
+	dev_info(dev, "Adding APR dev: %s\n", dev_name(&adev->dev));
+
+	return device_register(&adev->dev);
+}
+
+static void of_register_apr_devices(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct apr *apr = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct device_node *node;
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(dev->of_node, node) {
+		struct apr_device_id id = { {0} };
+
+		if (of_property_read_u32(node, "reg", &id.svc_id))
+			continue;
+
+		id.domain_id = apr->dest_domain_id;
+
+		if (apr_add_device(dev, node, &id))
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add arp %d svc\n", id.svc_id);
+	}
+}
+
+static int apr_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	struct apr *apr;
+	int ret;
+
+	apr = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*apr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!apr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "qcom,dest-domain-id",
+				   &apr->dest_domain_id);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "APR Domain ID not specified in DT\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, apr);
+	apr->ch = rpdev->ept;
+	apr->dev = dev;
+	spin_lock_init(&apr->svcs_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&apr->svcs);
+
+	of_register_apr_devices(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int apr_remove_device(struct device *dev, void *null)
+{
+	struct apr_device *adev = to_apr_device(dev);
+
+	device_unregister(&adev->dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void apr_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+	device_for_each_child(&rpdev->dev, NULL, apr_remove_device);
+}
+
+/*
+ * __apr_driver_register() - Client driver registration with aprbus
+ *
+ * @drv:Client driver to be associated with client-device.
+ * @owner: owning module/driver
+ *
+ * This API will register the client driver with the aprbus
+ * It is called from the driver's module-init function.
+ */
+int __apr_driver_register(struct apr_driver *drv, struct module *owner)
+{
+	drv->driver.bus = &aprbus_type;
+	drv->driver.owner = owner;
+
+	return driver_register(&drv->driver);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__apr_driver_register);
+
+/*
+ * apr_driver_unregister() - Undo effect of apr_driver_register
+ *
+ * @drv: Client driver to be unregistered
+ */
+void apr_driver_unregister(struct apr_driver *drv)
+{
+	driver_unregister(&drv->driver);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apr_driver_unregister);
+
+static const struct of_device_id apr_of_match[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "qcom,apr"},
+	{ .compatible = "qcom,apr-v2"},
+	{}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, apr_of_match);
+
+static struct rpmsg_driver apr_driver = {
+	.probe = apr_probe,
+	.remove = apr_remove,
+	.callback = apr_callback,
+	.drv = {
+		.name = "qcom,apr",
+		.of_match_table = apr_of_match,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init apr_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = bus_register(&aprbus_type);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = register_rpmsg_driver(&apr_driver);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit apr_exit(void)
+{
+	bus_unregister(&aprbus_type);
+	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&apr_driver);
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(apr_init);
+module_exit(apr_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm APR Bus");
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 7d361be2e24f..2014bd19f28e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -471,6 +471,17 @@ struct slim_device_id {
 	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
 };
 
+#define APR_NAME_SIZE	32
+#define APR_MODULE_PREFIX "apr:"
+
+struct apr_device_id {
+	char name[APR_NAME_SIZE];
+	__u32 domain_id;
+	__u32 svc_id;
+	__u32 svc_version;
+	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;	/* Data private to the driver */
+};
+
 #define SPMI_NAME_SIZE	32
 #define SPMI_MODULE_PREFIX "spmi:"
 
diff --git a/include/linux/soc/qcom/apr.h b/include/linux/soc/qcom/apr.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..604ea7f36a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/soc/qcom/apr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2017, The Linux Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Linaro Limited
+ */
+
+#ifndef __QCOM_APR_H_
+#define __QCOM_APR_H_
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/soc/qcom,apr.h>
+
+#define APR_HDR_LEN(hdr_len) ((hdr_len)/4)
+
+/*
+ * HEADER field
+ * version:0:3
+ * header_size : 4:7
+ * message_type : 8:9
+ * reserved: 10:15
+ */
+#define APR_HDR_FIELD(msg_type, hdr_len, ver)\
+	(((msg_type & 0x3) << 8) | ((hdr_len & 0xF) << 4) | (ver & 0xF))
+
+#define APR_HDR_SIZE sizeof(struct apr_hdr)
+#define APR_SEQ_CMD_HDR_FIELD APR_HDR_FIELD(APR_MSG_TYPE_SEQ_CMD, \
+					    APR_HDR_LEN(APR_HDR_SIZE), \
+					    APR_PKT_VER)
+/* Version */
+#define APR_PKT_VER		0x0
+
+/* Command and Response Types */
+#define APR_MSG_TYPE_EVENT	0x0
+#define APR_MSG_TYPE_CMD_RSP	0x1
+#define APR_MSG_TYPE_SEQ_CMD	0x2
+#define APR_MSG_TYPE_NSEQ_CMD	0x3
+#define APR_MSG_TYPE_MAX	0x04
+
+/* APR Basic Response Message */
+#define APR_BASIC_RSP_RESULT 0x000110E8
+#define APR_RSP_ACCEPTED     0x000100BE
+
+struct aprv2_ibasic_rsp_result_t {
+	uint32_t opcode;
+	uint32_t status;
+};
+
+/* hdr field Ver [0:3], Size [4:7], Message type [8:10] */
+#define APR_HDR_FIELD_VER(h)		(h & 0x000F)
+#define APR_HDR_FIELD_SIZE(h)		((h & 0x00F0) >> 4)
+#define APR_HDR_FIELD_SIZE_BYTES(h)	(((h & 0x00F0) >> 4) * 4)
+#define APR_HDR_FIELD_MT(h)		((h & 0x0300) >> 8)
+
+struct apr_hdr {
+	uint16_t hdr_field;
+	uint16_t pkt_size;
+	uint8_t src_svc;
+	uint8_t src_domain;
+	uint16_t src_port;
+	uint8_t dest_svc;
+	uint8_t dest_domain;
+	uint16_t dest_port;
+	uint32_t token;
+	uint32_t opcode;
+};
+
+struct apr_client_message {
+	uint16_t payload_size;
+	uint16_t hdr_len;
+	uint16_t msg_type;
+	uint16_t src;
+	uint16_t dest_svc;
+	uint16_t src_port;
+	uint16_t dest_port;
+	uint32_t token;
+	uint32_t opcode;
+	void *payload;
+};
+
+/* Bits 0 to 15 -- Minor version,  Bits 16 to 31 -- Major version */
+#define APR_SVC_MAJOR_VERSION(v)	((v >> 16) & 0xFF)
+#define APR_SVC_MINOR_VERSION(v)	(v & 0xFF)
+
+struct apr_device {
+	struct device	dev;
+	uint16_t	svc_id;
+	uint16_t	domain_id;
+	uint32_t	version;
+	char name[APR_NAME_SIZE];
+	spinlock_t	lock;
+	struct list_head node;
+};
+
+#define to_apr_device(d) container_of(d, struct apr_device, dev)
+
+struct apr_driver {
+	int	(*probe)(struct apr_device *sl);
+	int	(*remove)(struct apr_device *sl);
+	int	(*callback)(struct apr_device *a,
+			    struct apr_client_message *d);
+	struct device_driver		driver;
+	const struct apr_device_id	*id_table;
+};
+
+#define to_apr_driver(d) container_of(d, struct apr_driver, driver)
+
+/*
+ * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE
+ */
+#define apr_driver_register(drv) __apr_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
+
+int __apr_driver_register(struct apr_driver *drv, struct module *owner);
+void apr_driver_unregister(struct apr_driver *drv);
+
+/**
+ * module_apr_driver() - Helper macro for registering a aprbus driver
+ * @__aprbus_driver: aprbus_driver struct
+ *
+ * Helper macro for aprbus drivers which do not do anything special in
+ * module init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module
+ * may only use this macro once, and calling it replaces module_init()
+ * and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_apr_driver(__apr_driver) \
+	module_driver(__apr_driver, apr_driver_register, \
+			apr_driver_unregister)
+
+int apr_send_pkt(struct apr_device *adev, void *buf);
+
+#endif /* __QCOM_APR_H_ */
