diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 272eadc..1ecb09b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@
 	  this feature (eg, building a kernel for a single machine) and
 	  you need to shrink the kernel to the minimal size.
 
+config NO_MACH_MEMORY_H
+	bool
+	help
+	  Select this when mach/memory.h is removed.
+
+config PHYS_OFFSET
+	hex "Physical address of main memory"
+	depends on !ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT && NO_MACH_MEMORY_H
+	help
+	  Please provide the physical address corresponding to the
+	  location of main memory in your system.
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
index 90bca42..046c915 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/const.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <mach/memory.h>
 #include <asm/sizes.h>
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_NO_MACH_MEMORY_H
+#include <mach/memory.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Allow for constants defined here to be used from assembly code
  * by prepending the UL suffix only with actual C code compilation.
@@ -184,7 +187,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PHYS_OFFSET
+#ifdef PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET
 #define PHYS_OFFSET	PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET
+#else
+#define PHYS_OFFSET	UL(CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET)
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 7408fd5..673c806 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	sub	r4, r3, r4			@ (PHYS_OFFSET - PAGE_OFFSET)
 	add	r8, r8, r4			@ PHYS_OFFSET
 #else
-	ldr	r8, =PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET
+	ldr	r8, =PHYS_OFFSET		@ always constant in this case
 #endif
 
 	/*