diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
index c1581bd4b5fd..8ad25927c604 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef __MSM_GEM_H__
 #define __MSM_GEM_H__
 
+#include "msm_mmu.h"
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/dma-resv.h>
 #include "drm/drm_exec.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
index 237d298d0eeb..d04837461c3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/adreno-smmu-priv.h>
 #include <linux/io-pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include "msm_drv.h"
 #include "msm_mmu.h"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ struct msm_iommu {
 	struct iommu_domain *domain;
 	atomic_t pagetables;
 	struct page *prr_page;
+
+	struct kmem_cache *pt_cache;
 };
 
 #define to_msm_iommu(x) container_of(x, struct msm_iommu, base)
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@ struct msm_iommu_pagetable {
 	unsigned long pgsize_bitmap;	/* Bitmap of page sizes in use */
 	phys_addr_t ttbr;
 	u32 asid;
+
+	/** @root_page_table: Stores the root page table pointer. */
+	void *root_page_table;
 };
 static struct msm_iommu_pagetable *to_pagetable(struct msm_mmu *mmu)
 {
@@ -282,7 +288,145 @@ msm_iommu_pagetable_walk(struct msm_mmu *mmu, unsigned long iova, uint64_t ptes[
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_count(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p,
+				   uint64_t iova, size_t len)
+{
+	u64 pt_count;
+
+	/*
+	 * L1, L2 and L3 page tables.
+	 *
+	 * We could optimize L3 allocation by iterating over the sgt and merging
+	 * 2M contiguous blocks, but it's simpler to over-provision and return
+	 * the pages if they're not used.
+	 *
+	 * The first level descriptor (v8 / v7-lpae page table format) encodes
+	 * 30 bits of address.  The second level encodes 29.  For the 3rd it is
+	 * 39.
+	 *
+	 * https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0406/c/System-Level-Architecture/Virtual-Memory-System-Architecture--VMSA-/Long-descriptor-translation-table-format/Long-descriptor-translation-table-format-descriptors?lang=en#BEIHEFFB
+	 */
+	pt_count = ((ALIGN(iova + len, 1ull << 39) - ALIGN_DOWN(iova, 1ull << 39)) >> 39) +
+		   ((ALIGN(iova + len, 1ull << 30) - ALIGN_DOWN(iova, 1ull << 30)) >> 30) +
+		   ((ALIGN(iova + len, 1ull << 21) - ALIGN_DOWN(iova, 1ull << 21)) >> 21);
+
+	p->count += pt_count;
+}
+
+static struct kmem_cache *
+get_pt_cache(struct msm_mmu *mmu)
+{
+	struct msm_iommu_pagetable *pagetable = to_pagetable(mmu);
+	return to_msm_iommu(pagetable->parent)->pt_cache;
+}
+
+static int
+msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_allocate(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *pt_cache = get_pt_cache(mmu);
+	int ret;
+
+	p->pages = kvmalloc_array(p->count, sizeof(p->pages), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p->pages)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(pt_cache, GFP_KERNEL, p->count, p->pages);
+	if (ret != p->count) {
+		p->count = ret;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_cleanup(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *pt_cache = get_pt_cache(mmu);
+	uint32_t remaining_pt_count = p->count - p->ptr;
+
+	kmem_cache_free_bulk(pt_cache, remaining_pt_count, &p->pages[p->ptr]);
+	kvfree(p->pages);
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_pt() - Custom page table allocator
+ * @cookie: Cookie passed at page table allocation time.
+ * @size: Size of the page table. This size should be fixed,
+ * and determined at creation time based on the granule size.
+ * @gfp: GFP flags.
+ *
+ * We want a custom allocator so we can use a cache for page table
+ * allocations and amortize the cost of the over-reservation that's
+ * done to allow asynchronous VM operations.
+ *
+ * Return: non-NULL on success, NULL if the allocation failed for any
+ * reason.
+ */
+static void *
+msm_iommu_pagetable_alloc_pt(void *cookie, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct msm_iommu_pagetable *pagetable = cookie;
+	struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p = pagetable->base.prealloc;
+	void *page;
+
+	/* Allocation of the root page table happening during init. */
+	if (unlikely(!pagetable->root_page_table)) {
+		struct page *p;
+
+		p = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(pagetable->iommu_dev),
+				     gfp | __GFP_ZERO, get_order(size));
+		page = p ? page_address(p) : NULL;
+		pagetable->root_page_table = page;
+		return page;
+	}
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!p) || WARN_ON(p->ptr >= p->count))
+		return NULL;
+
+	page = p->pages[p->ptr++];
+	memset(page, 0, size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Page table entries don't use virtual addresses, which trips out
+	 * kmemleak. kmemleak_alloc_phys() might work, but physical addresses
+	 * are mixed with other fields, and I fear kmemleak won't detect that
+	 * either.
+	 *
+	 * Let's just ignore memory passed to the page-table driver for now.
+	 */
+	kmemleak_ignore(page);
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * free_pt() - Custom page table free function
+ * @cookie: Cookie passed at page table allocation time.
+ * @data: Page table to free.
+ * @size: Size of the page table. This size should be fixed,
+ * and determined at creation time based on the granule size.
+ */
+static void
+msm_iommu_pagetable_free_pt(void *cookie, void *data, size_t size)
+{
+	struct msm_iommu_pagetable *pagetable = cookie;
+
+	if (unlikely(pagetable->root_page_table == data)) {
+		free_pages((unsigned long)data, get_order(size));
+		pagetable->root_page_table = NULL;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	kmem_cache_free(get_pt_cache(&pagetable->base), data);
+}
+
 static const struct msm_mmu_funcs pagetable_funcs = {
+		.prealloc_count = msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_count,
+		.prealloc_allocate = msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_allocate,
+		.prealloc_cleanup = msm_iommu_pagetable_prealloc_cleanup,
 		.map = msm_iommu_pagetable_map,
 		.unmap = msm_iommu_pagetable_unmap,
 		.destroy = msm_iommu_pagetable_destroy,
@@ -333,6 +477,17 @@ static const struct iommu_flush_ops tlb_ops = {
 static int msm_gpu_fault_handler(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct device *dev,
 		unsigned long iova, int flags, void *arg);
 
+static size_t get_tblsz(const struct io_pgtable_cfg *cfg)
+{
+	int pg_shift, bits_per_level;
+
+	pg_shift = __ffs(cfg->pgsize_bitmap);
+	/* arm_lpae_iopte is u64: */
+	bits_per_level = pg_shift - ilog2(sizeof(u64));
+
+	return sizeof(u64) << bits_per_level;
+}
+
 struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_pagetable_create(struct msm_mmu *parent, bool kernel_managed)
 {
 	struct adreno_smmu_priv *adreno_smmu = dev_get_drvdata(parent->dev);
@@ -369,8 +524,34 @@ struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_pagetable_create(struct msm_mmu *parent, bool kernel_m
 
 	if (!kernel_managed) {
 		ttbr0_cfg.quirks |= IO_PGTABLE_QUIRK_NO_WARN_ON;
+
+		/*
+		 * With userspace managed VM (aka VM_BIND), we need to pre-
+		 * allocate pages ahead of time for map/unmap operations,
+		 * handing them to io-pgtable via custom alloc/free ops as
+		 * needed:
+		 */
+		ttbr0_cfg.alloc = msm_iommu_pagetable_alloc_pt;
+		ttbr0_cfg.free  = msm_iommu_pagetable_free_pt;
+
+		/*
+		 * Restrict to single page granules.  Otherwise we may run
+		 * into a situation where userspace wants to unmap/remap
+		 * only a part of a larger block mapping, which is not
+		 * possible without unmapping the entire block.  Which in
+		 * turn could cause faults if the GPU is accessing other
+		 * parts of the block mapping.
+		 *
+		 * Note that prior to commit 33729a5fc0ca ("iommu/io-pgtable-arm:
+		 * Remove split on unmap behavior)" this was handled in
+		 * io-pgtable-arm.  But this apparently does not work
+		 * correctly on SMMUv3.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON(!(ttbr0_cfg.pgsize_bitmap & PAGE_SIZE));
+		ttbr0_cfg.pgsize_bitmap = PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
+	pagetable->iommu_dev = ttbr1_cfg->iommu_dev;
 	pagetable->pgtbl_ops = alloc_io_pgtable_ops(ARM_64_LPAE_S1,
 		&ttbr0_cfg, pagetable);
 
@@ -414,7 +595,6 @@ struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_pagetable_create(struct msm_mmu *parent, bool kernel_m
 	/* Needed later for TLB flush */
 	pagetable->parent = parent;
 	pagetable->tlb = ttbr1_cfg->tlb;
-	pagetable->iommu_dev = ttbr1_cfg->iommu_dev;
 	pagetable->pgsize_bitmap = ttbr0_cfg.pgsize_bitmap;
 	pagetable->ttbr = ttbr0_cfg.arm_lpae_s1_cfg.ttbr;
 
@@ -522,6 +702,7 @@ static void msm_iommu_destroy(struct msm_mmu *mmu)
 {
 	struct msm_iommu *iommu = to_msm_iommu(mmu);
 	iommu_domain_free(iommu->domain);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(iommu->pt_cache);
 	kfree(iommu);
 }
 
@@ -596,6 +777,14 @@ struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_gpu_new(struct device *dev, struct msm_gpu *gpu, unsig
 		return mmu;
 
 	iommu = to_msm_iommu(mmu);
+	if (adreno_smmu && adreno_smmu->cookie) {
+		const struct io_pgtable_cfg *cfg =
+			adreno_smmu->get_ttbr1_cfg(adreno_smmu->cookie);
+		size_t tblsz = get_tblsz(cfg);
+
+		iommu->pt_cache =
+			kmem_cache_create("msm-mmu-pt", tblsz, tblsz, 0, NULL);
+	}
 	iommu_set_fault_handler(iommu->domain, msm_gpu_fault_handler, iommu);
 
 	/* Enable stall on iommu fault: */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_mmu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_mmu.h
index c70c71fb1a4a..76d7dcc1c977 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_mmu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_mmu.h
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@
 
 #include <linux/iommu.h>
 
+struct msm_mmu_prealloc;
+struct msm_mmu;
+struct msm_gpu;
+
 struct msm_mmu_funcs {
 	void (*detach)(struct msm_mmu *mmu);
+	void (*prealloc_count)(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p,
+			       uint64_t iova, size_t len);
+	int (*prealloc_allocate)(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p);
+	void (*prealloc_cleanup)(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct msm_mmu_prealloc *p);
 	int (*map)(struct msm_mmu *mmu, uint64_t iova, struct sg_table *sgt,
 			size_t off, size_t len, int prot);
 	int (*unmap)(struct msm_mmu *mmu, uint64_t iova, size_t len);
@@ -25,12 +33,38 @@ enum msm_mmu_type {
 	MSM_MMU_IOMMU_PAGETABLE,
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct msm_mmu_prealloc - Tracking for pre-allocated pages for MMU updates.
+ */
+struct msm_mmu_prealloc {
+	/** @count: Number of pages reserved. */
+	uint32_t count;
+	/** @ptr: Index of first unused page in @pages */
+	uint32_t ptr;
+	/**
+	 * @pages: Array of pages preallocated for MMU table updates.
+	 *
+	 * After a VM operation, there might be free pages remaining in this
+	 * array (since the amount allocated is a worst-case).  These are
+	 * returned to the pt_cache at mmu->prealloc_cleanup().
+	 */
+	void **pages;
+};
+
 struct msm_mmu {
 	const struct msm_mmu_funcs *funcs;
 	struct device *dev;
 	int (*handler)(void *arg, unsigned long iova, int flags, void *data);
 	void *arg;
 	enum msm_mmu_type type;
+
+	/**
+	 * @prealloc: pre-allocated pages for pgtable
+	 *
+	 * Set while a VM_BIND job is running, serialized under
+	 * msm_gem_vm::mmu_lock.
+	 */
+	struct msm_mmu_prealloc *prealloc;
 };
 
 static inline void msm_mmu_init(struct msm_mmu *mmu, struct device *dev,
