diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 17962452e31de6..3ac321006ab801 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 	 *  x24        __primary_switch() .. relocate_kernel()  current RELR displacement
 	 */
 SYM_CODE_START(primary_entry)
+	bl	trap_to_vmm
 	bl	preserve_boot_args
 	bl	init_kernel_el			// w0=cpu_boot_mode
 	adrp	x23, __PHYS_OFFSET
@@ -105,6 +106,21 @@ SYM_CODE_START(primary_entry)
 	b	__primary_switch
 SYM_CODE_END(primary_entry)
 
+/*
+ * By writing to mmio region, trap to vmm to print timestamp,
+ * but corrupt x7 and x8.
+ * 0x9000f00 is debug region of pl011
+ * 0x40 is the code specified in cloud hypervisor indicating the first debug
+ * point of kernel.
+ */
+SYM_CODE_START(trap_to_vmm)
+	movz	x7, 0x0900, lsl 16
+	add	x7, x7, 0xf00
+	mov	x8, 0x40
+	str	w8, [x7]
+	ret
+SYM_CODE_END(trap_to_vmm)
+
 /*
  * Preserve the arguments passed by the bootloader in x0 .. x3
  */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
index 52518a606c06a2..3f44e029b07d55 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 
 #include "amba-pl011.h"
 
+char __iomem *pl011_debug_addr;
+
 #define UART_NR			14
 
 #define SERIAL_AMBA_MAJOR	204
@@ -2752,6 +2754,9 @@ static int pl011_setup_port(struct device *dev, struct uart_amba_port *uap,
 	if (IS_ERR(base))
 		return PTR_ERR(base);
 
+	pl011_debug_addr = (char __iomem *)base;
+	pl011_debug_addr += UART011_IO_DEBUG;
+
 	index = pl011_probe_dt_alias(index, dev);
 
 	uap->old_cr = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/serial.h b/include/linux/amba/serial.h
index a1307b58cc2c6d..b2c74c7ca450de 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/serial.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
 #define UART01x_RSR_ANY		(UART01x_RSR_OE|UART01x_RSR_BE|UART01x_RSR_PE|UART01x_RSR_FE)
 #define UART01x_FR_MODEM_ANY	(UART01x_FR_DCD|UART01x_FR_DSR|UART01x_FR_CTS)
 
+#define UART011_IO_DEBUG	0xf00		/* used for debug I/O port emulation in VM */
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 struct amba_device; /* in uncompress this is included but amba/bus.h is not */
 struct amba_pl010_data {
@@ -225,4 +227,13 @@ struct amba_pl011_data {
 };
 #endif
 
+extern char __iomem *pl011_debug_addr;		/* save the pl011 debug mmio address, equal to base + UART011_IO_DEBUG */
+#define DEBUG_TRAP_VAL_END_BOOT 0x41		/* debug point at the end of kernel boot */
+
+/* wrapper of tricking pl011 debug */
+static inline void pl011_debug_trap(char val)
+{
+	writeb_relaxed(val, pl011_debug_addr);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 1f4a209cad6a6d..2f8f4e0687ae4e 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #include <linux/kcsan.h>
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/stackdepot.h>
+#include <linux/amba/serial.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/bugs.h>
@@ -1536,6 +1537,10 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	outb(0x41, 0x80);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+	pl011_debug_trap(DEBUG_TRAP_VAL_END_BOOT);
+#endif
+
 	if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
 		ret = run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command);
 		if (!ret)