diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
index bcef10e20ea4..6dc4598d2260 100644
--- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ dma_addr_t swiotlb_map(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys,
  * @for_alloc:  %true if the pool is used for memory allocation
  * @nareas:  The area number in the pool.
  * @area_nslabs: The slot number in the area.
+ * @total_used:	The total number of slots in the pool that are currently used
+ *		across all areas. Used only for calculating used_hiwater in
+ *		debugfs.
+ * @used_hiwater: The high water mark for total_used.  Used only for reporting
+ *		in debugfs.
  */
 struct io_tlb_mem {
 	phys_addr_t start;
@@ -102,6 +107,8 @@ struct io_tlb_mem {
 	unsigned int area_nslabs;
 	struct io_tlb_area *areas;
 	struct io_tlb_slot *slots;
+	atomic_long_t total_used;
+	atomic_long_t used_hiwater;
 };
 extern struct io_tlb_mem io_tlb_default_mem;
 
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 938c959ab19e..9bbc2802a444 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -608,6 +608,40 @@ static unsigned int wrap_area_index(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, unsigned int index)
 	return index;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Track the total used slots with a global atomic value in order to have
+ * correct information to determine the high water mark. The mem_used()
+ * function gives imprecise results because there's no locking across
+ * multiple areas.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+static void inc_used_and_hiwater(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, unsigned int nslots)
+{
+	unsigned long old_hiwater, new_used;
+
+	new_used = atomic_long_add_return(nslots, &mem->total_used);
+	old_hiwater = atomic_long_read(&mem->used_hiwater);
+	do {
+		if (new_used <= old_hiwater)
+			break;
+	} while (!atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(&mem->used_hiwater,
+					  &old_hiwater, new_used));
+}
+
+static void dec_used(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, unsigned int nslots)
+{
+	atomic_long_sub(nslots, &mem->total_used);
+}
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+static void inc_used_and_hiwater(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, unsigned int nslots)
+{
+}
+static void dec_used(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, unsigned int nslots)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+
 /*
  * Find a suitable number of IO TLB entries size that will fit this request and
  * allocate a buffer from that IO TLB pool.
@@ -702,6 +736,8 @@ static int swiotlb_do_find_slots(struct device *dev, int area_index,
 	area->index = wrap_area_index(mem, index + nslots);
 	area->used += nslots;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&area->lock, flags);
+
+	inc_used_and_hiwater(mem, nslots);
 	return slot_index;
 }
 
@@ -834,6 +870,8 @@ static void swiotlb_release_slots(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t tlb_addr)
 		mem->slots[i].list = ++count;
 	area->used -= nslots;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&area->lock, flags);
+
+	dec_used(mem, nslots);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -935,11 +973,37 @@ static int io_tlb_used_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	*val = mem_used(mem);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int io_tlb_hiwater_get(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = data;
+
+	*val = atomic_long_read(&mem->used_hiwater);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int io_tlb_hiwater_set(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = data;
+
+	/* Only allow setting to zero */
+	if (val != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	atomic_long_set(&mem->used_hiwater, val);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_io_tlb_used, io_tlb_used_get, NULL, "%llu\n");
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_io_tlb_hiwater, io_tlb_hiwater_get,
+				io_tlb_hiwater_set, "%llu\n");
 
 static void swiotlb_create_debugfs_files(struct io_tlb_mem *mem,
 					 const char *dirname)
 {
+	atomic_long_set(&mem->total_used, 0);
+	atomic_long_set(&mem->used_hiwater, 0);
+
 	mem->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dirname, io_tlb_default_mem.debugfs);
 	if (!mem->nslabs)
 		return;
@@ -947,6 +1011,8 @@ static void swiotlb_create_debugfs_files(struct io_tlb_mem *mem,
 	debugfs_create_ulong("io_tlb_nslabs", 0400, mem->debugfs, &mem->nslabs);
 	debugfs_create_file("io_tlb_used", 0400, mem->debugfs, mem,
 			&fops_io_tlb_used);
+	debugfs_create_file("io_tlb_used_hiwater", 0600, mem->debugfs, mem,
+			&fops_io_tlb_hiwater);
 }
 
 static int __init __maybe_unused swiotlb_create_default_debugfs(void)