diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
index aa11943b850213c77a32f87c1ce22c8aac87bf83..b2fcfbc51ecc4b0eaef6e4b20efd0f7afd2a9efd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
 #define local_fiq_enable()	asm("msr	daifclr, #1" : : : "memory")
 #define local_fiq_disable()	asm("msr	daifset, #1" : : : "memory")
 
+#define local_async_enable()	asm("msr	daifclr, #4" : : : "memory")
+#define local_async_disable()	asm("msr	daifset, #4" : : : "memory")
+
 /*
  * Save the current interrupt enable state.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 0bc5e4cbc017674db8785f434fa3cff0b30d4c56..bd9bbd0e44edf176c262cfad0e32b9f62599d4b7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ u64 __cpu_logical_map[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = INVALID_HWID };
 
 void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Unmask asynchronous aborts early to catch possible system errors.
+	 */
+	local_async_enable();
+
 	setup_processor();
 
 	setup_machine_fdt(__fdt_pointer);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index a5aeefab03c3e9cd2c0a241d4f4632bb0933b31f..a0c2ca602cf85bebc6e7996454adb9e47fe9456d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ asmlinkage void secondary_start_kernel(void)
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 	local_fiq_enable();
+	local_async_enable();
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, it's off to the idle thread for us