diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
index 65adfed56969..e4fd8d522af8 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ static void arm_smmu_make_nested_cd_table_ste(
 	target->data[0] |= nested_domain->ste[0] &
 			   ~cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_CFG);
 	target->data[1] |= nested_domain->ste[1];
+	/* Merge events for DoS mitigations on eventq */
+	target->data[1] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_MEV);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 5fa817a8f5f1..b4c21aaed126 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ void arm_smmu_get_ste_used(const __le64 *ent, __le64 *used_bits)
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_S1DSS | STRTAB_STE_1_S1CIR |
 				    STRTAB_STE_1_S1COR | STRTAB_STE_1_S1CSH |
 				    STRTAB_STE_1_S1STALLD | STRTAB_STE_1_STRW |
-				    STRTAB_STE_1_EATS);
+				    STRTAB_STE_1_EATS | STRTAB_STE_1_MEV);
 		used_bits[2] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_2_S2VMID);
 
 		/*
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ void arm_smmu_get_ste_used(const __le64 *ent, __le64 *used_bits)
 	if (cfg & BIT(1)) {
 		used_bits[1] |=
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_S2FWB | STRTAB_STE_1_EATS |
-				    STRTAB_STE_1_SHCFG);
+				    STRTAB_STE_1_SHCFG | STRTAB_STE_1_MEV);
 		used_bits[2] |=
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_2_S2VMID | STRTAB_STE_2_VTCR |
 				    STRTAB_STE_2_S2AA64 | STRTAB_STE_2_S2ENDI |
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
index df06076a1698..dd1ad56ce863 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static inline u32 arm_smmu_strtab_l2_idx(u32 sid)
 #define STRTAB_STE_1_S1COR		GENMASK_ULL(5, 4)
 #define STRTAB_STE_1_S1CSH		GENMASK_ULL(7, 6)
 
+#define STRTAB_STE_1_MEV		(1UL << 19)
 #define STRTAB_STE_1_S2FWB		(1UL << 25)
 #define STRTAB_STE_1_S1STALLD		(1UL << 27)