diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 9737e97..ae323a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
 config IOMMU_HELPER
 	def_bool SWIOTLB
 
+config KERNEL_MODE_NEON
+	def_bool y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cc58a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * linux/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Ltd <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#define cpu_has_neon()		(1)
+
+void kernel_neon_begin(void);
+void kernel_neon_end(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index e8b8357..1f2e4d5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 #include <asm/fpsimd.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
@@ -83,6 +84,33 @@
 	fpsimd_load_state(&current->thread.fpsimd_state);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON
+
+/*
+ * Kernel-side NEON support functions
+ */
+void kernel_neon_begin(void)
+{
+	/* Avoid using the NEON in interrupt context */
+	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	if (current->mm)
+		fpsimd_save_state(&current->thread.fpsimd_state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_neon_begin);
+
+void kernel_neon_end(void)
+{
+	if (current->mm)
+		fpsimd_load_state(&current->thread.fpsimd_state);
+
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_neon_end);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON */
+
 /*
  * FP/SIMD support code initialisation.
  */