diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 3632cdd03201..fb2ebeb9a692 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ config X86
 	select VIRT_TO_BUS
 	select X86_DEV_DMA_OPS			if X86_64
 	select X86_FEATURE_NAMES		if PROC_FS
+	select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS		if X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 4c7317828fda..54d173bcc327 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_NOHUGEPAGE	0x40000000	/* MADV_NOHUGEPAGE marked this vma */
 #define VM_MERGEABLE	0x80000000	/* KSM may merge identical pages */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_0	32	/* bit only usable on 64-bit architectures */
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_1	33	/* bit only usable on 64-bit architectures */
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_2	34	/* bit only usable on 64-bit architectures */
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_3	35	/* bit only usable on 64-bit architectures */
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_0	BIT(VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_0)
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_1	BIT(VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_1)
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_2	BIT(VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_2)
+#define VM_HIGH_ARCH_3	BIT(VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT_3)
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS */
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 # define VM_PAT		VM_ARCH_1	/* PAT reserves whole VMA at once (x86) */
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PPC)
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 03cbfa072f42..6cf439948297 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -669,3 +669,6 @@ config ZONE_DEVICE
 
 config FRAME_VECTOR
 	bool
+
+config ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
+	bool