diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
index e0d7f5fbaa5c3..60e16dc4bcac3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
@@ -2182,6 +2182,7 @@ void hl_mmu_v1_set_funcs(struct hl_device *hdev, struct hl_mmu_funcs *mmu);
 int hl_mmu_va_to_pa(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 virt_addr, u64 *phys_addr);
 int hl_mmu_get_tlb_info(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 virt_addr,
 			struct hl_mmu_hop_info *hops);
+bool hl_is_dram_va(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 virt_addr);
 
 int hl_fw_load_fw_to_device(struct hl_device *hdev, const char *fw_name,
 				void __iomem *dst, u32 src_offset, u32 size);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
index cbe9da4e0211b..5d4fbdcaefe3f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
@@ -886,8 +886,10 @@ static void unmap_phys_pg_pack(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 vaddr,
 {
 	struct hl_device *hdev = ctx->hdev;
 	u64 next_vaddr, i;
+	bool is_host_addr;
 	u32 page_size;
 
+	is_host_addr = !hl_is_dram_va(hdev, vaddr);
 	page_size = phys_pg_pack->page_size;
 	next_vaddr = vaddr;
 
@@ -900,9 +902,13 @@ static void unmap_phys_pg_pack(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 vaddr,
 		/*
 		 * unmapping on Palladium can be really long, so avoid a CPU
 		 * soft lockup bug by sleeping a little between unmapping pages
+		 *
+		 * In addition, when unmapping host memory we pass through
+		 * the Linux kernel to unpin the pages and that takes a long
+		 * time. Therefore, sleep every 32K pages to avoid soft lockup
 		 */
-		if (hdev->pldm)
-			usleep_range(500, 1000);
+		if (hdev->pldm || (is_host_addr && (i & 0x7FFF) == 0))
+			usleep_range(50, 200);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu.c
index 33ae953d3a368..28a4638741d88 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "habanalabs.h"
 
-static bool is_dram_va(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 virt_addr)
+bool hl_is_dram_va(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 virt_addr)
 {
 	struct asic_fixed_properties *prop = &hdev->asic_prop;
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int hl_mmu_unmap_page(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 virt_addr, u32 page_size,
 	if (!hdev->mmu_enable)
 		return 0;
 
-	is_dram_addr = is_dram_va(hdev, virt_addr);
+	is_dram_addr = hl_is_dram_va(hdev, virt_addr);
 
 	if (is_dram_addr)
 		mmu_prop = &prop->dmmu;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int hl_mmu_map_page(struct hl_ctx *ctx, u64 virt_addr, u64 phys_addr,
 	if (!hdev->mmu_enable)
 		return 0;
 
-	is_dram_addr = is_dram_va(hdev, virt_addr);
+	is_dram_addr = hl_is_dram_va(hdev, virt_addr);
 
 	if (is_dram_addr)
 		mmu_prop = &prop->dmmu;