diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index 82c15d96c0fad8..3c885471e3536a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
 /*
  * TODO: Only one kernel-user split for each MMU currently supported.
  */
+#define	PAGE_OFFSET_SHIFT (CONFIG_LINUX_LINK_BASE - CONFIG_LINUX_RAM_BASE)
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARC_MMU_V6_48)
-#define PAGE_OFFSET	_AC(0xffff000000000000, UL)
+#define PAGE_OFFSET	(_AC(0xffff000000000000, UL) + PAGE_OFFSET_SHIFT)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_ARC_MMU_V6_52)
-#define PAGE_OFFSET	_AC(0xfff0000000000000, UL)
+#define PAGE_OFFSET	(_AC(0xfff0000000000000, UL) + PAGE_OFFSET_SHIFT)
 #else
-#define PAGE_OFFSET	_AC(0x80000000, UL)	/* Kernel starts at 2G onwrds */
+#define PAGE_OFFSET	(_AC(0x80000000, UL) + PAGE_OFFSET_SHIFT) /* Kernel starts at 2G onwrds */
 #endif
 
 #define PAGE_MASK	(~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/tlb-arcv3.c b/arch/arc/mm/tlb-arcv3.c
index cdfeb27f1bdf45..625ede13e5567a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/tlb-arcv3.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/tlb-arcv3.c
@@ -338,10 +338,11 @@ int __init arc_map_memory_in_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 	/*
 	 * Kernel (__pa(PAGE_OFFSET) to __pa(_end) is already mapped by
-	 * arc_map_kernel_in_mm(), so map only >= __pa(_end).
+	 * arc_map_kernel_in_mm(), let's maping also for 'addr < __pa(PAGE_OFFSET)'
+	 * 		 and 'addr >= __pa(_end)'.
 	 *
-	 * We expect that kernel is mapped to the start of physical memory,
-	 * so start >= __pa(PAGE_OFFSET).
+	 * Since we don't expect that kernel is always mapped to the start of physical
+	 * memory, then we also need to map a hole between start and CONFIG_LINUX_LINK_BASE.
 	 */
 	for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
 		if (start >= end)
@@ -350,6 +351,13 @@ int __init arc_map_memory_in_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		if (end <= __pa(_end))
 			continue;
 
+		if (start < CONFIG_LINUX_LINK_BASE) {
+			arc_map_segment_in_mm(mm,
+				      (unsigned long)__va(start),
+				      PAGE_OFFSET,
+				      PAGE_KERNEL_RW);
+		}
+
 		if (start < __pa(_end))
 			start = __pa(_end);
 
@@ -380,8 +388,6 @@ void __init arc_mmu_init(void)
 	 * Make sure that early mapping does not need more then one struct
 	 * per level (pgd/pud/pmd).
 	 */
-	/* It is always true when PAGE_OFFSET is aligned to pmd. */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(pmd_index(PAGE_OFFSET) != 0);
 
 	if (mmuinfo.pg_sz_k != TO_KB(PAGE_SIZE))
 		panic("MMU pg size != PAGE_SIZE (%luk)\n", TO_KB(PAGE_SIZE));