diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index 9e8ac1e73457..bacc75b6c78c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@
 	dmb	\opt
 	.endm
 
+/*
+ * NOP sequence
+ */
+	.macro	nops, num
+	.rept	\num
+	nop
+	.endr
+	.endm
+
 /*
  * Emit an entry into the exception table
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
index 9622eb48f894..c5dbc5cb8f10 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#define __nops(n)	".rept	" #n "\nnop\n.endr\n"
+#define nops(n)		asm volatile(__nops(n))
+
 #define sev()		asm volatile("sev" : : : "memory")
 #define wfe()		asm volatile("wfe" : : : "memory")
 #define wfi()		asm volatile("wfi" : : : "memory")