diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index efbbe57..0017f63 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5777,7 +5777,7 @@
 dirty logging can be enabled gradually in small chunks on the first call
 to KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG.  KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET depends on
 KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE (it is also only available on
-x86 for now).
+x86 and arm64 for now).
 
 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 was previously available under the name
 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT, but the implementation had bugs that make
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 32c8a67..a723f84 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 #define KVM_REQ_RECORD_STEAL	KVM_ARCH_REQ(3)
 #define KVM_REQ_RELOAD_GICv4	KVM_ARCH_REQ(4)
 
+#define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_CAPS   (KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE | \
+				     KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET)
+
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(userspace_irqchip_in_use);
 
 extern unsigned int kvm_sve_max_vl;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 66eb8e3..ddf85bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2277,8 +2277,16 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	 * allocated dirty_bitmap[], dirty pages will be tracked while the
 	 * memory slot is write protected.
 	 */
-	if (change != KVM_MR_DELETE && mem->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES)
-		kvm_mmu_wp_memory_region(kvm, mem->slot);
+	if (change != KVM_MR_DELETE && mem->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) {
+		/*
+		 * If we're with initial-all-set, we don't need to write
+		 * protect any pages because they're all reported as dirty.
+		 * Huge pages and normal pages will be write protect gradually.
+		 */
+		if (!kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm)) {
+			kvm_mmu_wp_memory_region(kvm, mem->slot);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,