diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2ac74904a3ce..911f55a11c63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -2097,3 +2097,5 @@ source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
 if CRYPTO
 source "arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig"
 endif
+
+source "arch/arm/Kconfig.assembler"
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.assembler b/arch/arm/Kconfig.assembler
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cb31aae1188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.assembler
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+config AS_VFP_VMRS_FPINST
+	def_bool $(as-instr,.fpu vfpv2\nvmrs r0$(comma)FPINST)
+	help
+	  Supported by binutils >= 2.24 and LLVM integrated assembler.
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
index 7157d2a30a49..19928bfb4f9c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_VFP_H
 #define __ASM_VFP_H
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_AS_VFP_VMRS_FPINST
 #define FPSID			cr0
 #define FPSCR			cr1
 #define MVFR1			cr6
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 #define FPEXC			cr8
 #define FPINST			cr9
 #define FPINST2			cr10
+#endif
 
 /* FPSID bits */
 #define FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_BIT	(24)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h
index 947ee5395e1f..ba0d4cb5377e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
 
 #include <asm/vfp.h>
 
-@ Macros to allow building with old toolkits (with no VFP support)
+#ifdef CONFIG_AS_VFP_VMRS_FPINST
+	.macro	VFPFMRX, rd, sysreg, cond
+	vmrs\cond	\rd, \sysreg
+	.endm
+
+	.macro	VFPFMXR, sysreg, rd, cond
+	vmsr\cond	\sysreg, \rd
+	.endm
+#else
+	@ Macros to allow building with old toolkits (with no VFP support)
 	.macro	VFPFMRX, rd, sysreg, cond
 	MRC\cond	p10, 7, \rd, \sysreg, cr0, 0	@ FMRX	\rd, \sysreg
 	.endm
@@ -16,6 +25,7 @@
 	.macro	VFPFMXR, sysreg, rd, cond
 	MCR\cond	p10, 7, \rd, \sysreg, cr0, 0	@ FMXR	\sysreg, \rd
 	.endm
+#endif
 
 	@ read all the working registers back into the VFP
 	.macro	VFPFLDMIA, base, tmp
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S b/arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S
index 29ed36b99d1d..4fcff9f59947 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 ENTRY(vfp_support_entry)
 	DBGSTR3	"instr %08x pc %08x state %p", r0, r2, r10
 
+	.fpu	vfpv2
 	ldr	r3, [sp, #S_PSR]	@ Neither lazy restore nor FP exceptions
 	and	r3, r3, #MODE_MASK	@ are supported in kernel mode
 	teq	r3, #USR_MODE
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
index 38dc154e39ff..3c7938fd40aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
@@ -62,10 +62,23 @@
 #define FPSCR_C (1 << 29)
 #define FPSCR_V	(1 << 28)
 
-/*
- * Since we aren't building with -mfpu=vfp, we need to code
- * these instructions using their MRC/MCR equivalents.
- */
+#ifdef CONFIG_AS_VFP_VMRS_FPINST
+
+#define fmrx(_vfp_) ({			\
+	u32 __v;			\
+	asm(".fpu	vfpv2\n"	\
+	    "vmrs	%0, " #_vfp_	\
+	    : "=r" (__v) : : "cc");	\
+	__v;				\
+ })
+
+#define fmxr(_vfp_,_var_)		\
+	asm(".fpu	vfpv2\n"	\
+	    "vmsr	" #_vfp_ ", %0"	\
+	   : : "r" (_var_) : "cc")
+
+#else
+
 #define vfpreg(_vfp_) #_vfp_
 
 #define fmrx(_vfp_) ({			\
@@ -79,6 +92,8 @@
 	asm("mcr p10, 7, %0, " vfpreg(_vfp_) ", cr0, 0 @ fmxr	" #_vfp_ ", %0"	\
 	   : : "r" (_var_) : "cc")
 
+#endif
+
 u32 vfp_single_cpdo(u32 inst, u32 fpscr);
 u32 vfp_single_cprt(u32 inst, u32 fpscr, struct pt_regs *regs);