diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7e3d535754863..3765336e5ec6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index a2ac3fe7dbf8a..c16c1829a5e4f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>	/* for NULL */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/string.h>
-
-extern unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
-extern unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
-extern void error(char *);
+#include "misc.h"
 
 #define STATIC static
 #define STATIC_RW_DATA	/* non-static please */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 16a8a804e9580..79f56c5a9fe57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ unsigned int __machine_arch_type;
 #include <linux/compiler.h>	/* for inline */
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include "misc.h"
 
 static void putstr(const char *ptr);
-extern void error(char *x);
 
 #include CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS_INCLUDE
 
@@ -167,3 +167,8 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long output_start, unsigned long free_mem_ptr_p,
 	else
 		putstr(" done, booting the kernel.\n");
 }
+
+void fortify_panic(const char *name)
+{
+	error("detected buffer overflow");
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c958dccd1d97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef MISC_H
+#define MISC_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+void error(char *x) __noreturn;
+extern unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
+extern unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index d55d493f9a1e7..b528a15f460dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ ENDPROC(cpu_pj4b_do_resume)
 __v7_ca5mp_setup:
 __v7_ca9mp_setup:
 __v7_cr7mp_setup:
+__v7_cr8mp_setup:
 	mov	r10, #(1 << 0)			@ Cache/TLB ops broadcasting
 	b	1f
 __v7_ca7mp_setup:
@@ -641,6 +642,16 @@ __v7_cr7mp_proc_info:
 	__v7_proc __v7_cr7mp_proc_info, __v7_cr7mp_setup
 	.size	__v7_cr7mp_proc_info, . - __v7_cr7mp_proc_info
 
+	/*
+	 * ARM Ltd. Cortex R8 processor.
+	 */
+	.type	__v7_cr8mp_proc_info, #object
+__v7_cr8mp_proc_info:
+	.long	0x410fc180
+	.long	0xff0ffff0
+	__v7_proc __v7_cr8mp_proc_info, __v7_cr8mp_setup
+	.size	__v7_cr8mp_proc_info, . - __v7_cr8mp_proc_info
+
 	/*
 	 * ARM Ltd. Cortex A7 processor.
 	 */