diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
index 03e9273f1876..08bb84f2ad58 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1312,6 +1312,13 @@ static int init_hyp_mode(void)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	err = create_hyp_mappings(kvm_ksym_ref(__bss_start),
+				  kvm_ksym_ref(__bss_stop), PAGE_HYP_RO);
+	if (err) {
+		kvm_err("Cannot map bss section\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Map the Hyp stack pages
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index fd9d5fd788f5..f5ea0ba70f07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -178,11 +178,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_isvalid(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_ISV);
 }
 
-static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_WNR);
-}
-
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_issext(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_SSE);
@@ -203,6 +198,12 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iss1tw(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_S1PTW);
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_WNR) ||
+		kvm_vcpu_dabt_iss1tw(vcpu); /* AF/DBM update */
+}
+
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_is_cm(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_CM);