diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 240257dd423..8b2067ccead 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1544,6 +1544,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Default: on
 
+	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
+
 	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
 			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/io_trapped.c b/arch/sh/kernel/io_trapped.c
index 39cd7f3aec7..c22853b059e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/io_trapped.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/io_trapped.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trapped_mem);
 #endif
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(trapped_lock);
 
+static int trapped_io_disable __read_mostly;
+
+static int __init trapped_io_setup(char *__unused)
+{
+	trapped_io_disable = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("noiotrap", trapped_io_setup);
+
 int register_trapped_io(struct trapped_io *tiop)
 {
 	struct resource *res;
@@ -39,6 +49,9 @@ int register_trapped_io(struct trapped_io *tiop)
 	struct page *pages[TRAPPED_PAGES_MAX];
 	int k, n;
 
+	if (unlikely(trapped_io_disable))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* structure must be page aligned */
 	if ((unsigned long)tiop & (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
 		goto bad;