diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index f83a70e07df85..ce2ee8f1e3610 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SET_GET_RLIMIT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_TIME32_SYSCALLS
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 977ee6181dabf..6c316093a1e59 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index a1c9f496fca6a..34f04076a1409 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@
 440	i386	process_madvise		sys_process_madvise
 441	i386	epoll_pwait2		sys_epoll_pwait2		compat_sys_epoll_pwait2
 442	i386	mount_setattr		sys_mount_setattr
+443	i386	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 7bf01cbe582f0..bd3783edf27f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@
 440	common	process_madvise		sys_process_madvise
 441	common	epoll_pwait2		sys_epoll_pwait2
 442	common	mount_setattr		sys_mount_setattr
+443	common	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
 
 #
 # Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 2839dc9a7c01a..4b87a2b3f4422 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig,
 				       siginfo_t __user *info,
 				       unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_getfd(int pidfd, int fd, unsigned int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_memfd_secret(unsigned long flags);
 
 /*
  * Architecture-specific system calls
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index ce58cff99b665..7ac0732dbaa41 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -863,9 +863,13 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_process_madvise, sys_process_madvise)
 __SC_COMP(__NR_epoll_pwait2, sys_epoll_pwait2, compat_sys_epoll_pwait2)
 #define __NR_mount_setattr 442
 __SYSCALL(__NR_mount_setattr, sys_mount_setattr)
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
+#define __NR_memfd_secret 443
+__SYSCALL(__NR_memfd_secret, sys_memfd_secret)
+#endif
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 443
+#define __NR_syscalls 444
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 6ef32ad08184c..3d78b2807a2e7 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ static int __init secretmem_setup(char *str)
 	unsigned long reserved_size;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
+		return 0;
+
 	reserved_size = memparse(str, NULL);
 	if (!reserved_size)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index a18b47695f55f..b7609958ee364 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ cat << EOF
 #define __IGNORE_setrlimit	/* setrlimit */
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
+#define __IGNORE_memfd_secret
+#endif
+
 /* Missing flags argument */
 #define __IGNORE_renameat	/* renameat2 */