diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 3f53be60fb01..64145751b2fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ static inline void pte_frag_set(mm_context_t *ctx, void *p)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#define is_ioremap_addr is_ioremap_addr
+static inline bool is_ioremap_addr(const void *x)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)x;
+
+	return addr >= IOREMAP_BASE && addr < IOREMAP_END;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index dd0b5f4e1e45..0a6dae2f2b84 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ static inline bool is_vmalloc_addr(const void *x)
 	return false;
 #endif
 }
+
+#ifndef is_ioremap_addr
+#define is_ioremap_addr(x) is_vmalloc_addr(x)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 extern int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x);
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/iomem.c b/kernel/iomem.c
index 93c264444510..62c92e43aa0d 100644
--- a/kernel/iomem.c
+++ b/kernel/iomem.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memremap);
 
 void memunmap(void *addr)
 {
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
+	if (is_ioremap_addr(addr))
 		iounmap((void __iomem *) addr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memunmap);