diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 1c8706cbc546..e9af2b4e70f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
+#include <vdso/processor.h>
+
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
@@ -227,11 +229,6 @@ extern void release_thread(struct task_struct *);
 
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 
-static inline void cpu_relax(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory");
-}
-
 /* Thread switching */
 extern struct task_struct *cpu_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 					 struct task_struct *next);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff830b766ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 ARM Ltd.
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H
+#define __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+static inline void cpu_relax(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory");
+}
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H */