diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c
index 05108bc42f..6d0c92ab88 100644
--- a/hw/arm/boot.c
+++ b/hw/arm/boot.c
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@
 #define ARM64_TEXT_OFFSET_OFFSET    8
 #define ARM64_MAGIC_OFFSET          56
 
+static AddressSpace *arm_boot_address_space(ARMCPU *cpu,
+                                            const struct arm_boot_info *info)
+{
+    /* Return the address space to use for bootloader reads and writes.
+     * We prefer the secure address space if the CPU has it and we're
+     * going to boot the guest into it.
+     */
+    int asidx;
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
+
+    if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_EL3) && info->secure_boot) {
+        asidx = ARMASIdx_S;
+    } else {
+        asidx = ARMASIdx_NS;
+    }
+
+    return cpu_get_address_space(cs, asidx);
+}
+
 typedef enum {
     FIXUP_NONE = 0,     /* do nothing */
     FIXUP_TERMINATOR,   /* end of insns */
@@ -125,7 +144,8 @@ static const ARMInsnFixup smpboot[] = {
 };
 
 static void write_bootloader(const char *name, hwaddr addr,
-                             const ARMInsnFixup *insns, uint32_t *fixupcontext)
+                             const ARMInsnFixup *insns, uint32_t *fixupcontext,
+                             AddressSpace *as)
 {
     /* Fix up the specified bootloader fragment and write it into
      * guest memory using rom_add_blob_fixed(). fixupcontext is
@@ -164,7 +184,7 @@ static void write_bootloader(const char *name, hwaddr addr,
         code[i] = tswap32(insn);
     }
 
-    rom_add_blob_fixed(name, code, len * sizeof(uint32_t), addr);
+    rom_add_blob_fixed_as(name, code, len * sizeof(uint32_t), addr, as);
 
     g_free(code);
 }
@@ -173,6 +193,7 @@ static void default_write_secondary(ARMCPU *cpu,
                                     const struct arm_boot_info *info)
 {
     uint32_t fixupcontext[FIXUP_MAX];
+    AddressSpace *as = arm_boot_address_space(cpu, info);
 
     fixupcontext[FIXUP_GIC_CPU_IF] = info->gic_cpu_if_addr;
     fixupcontext[FIXUP_BOOTREG] = info->smp_bootreg_addr;
@@ -183,13 +204,14 @@ static void default_write_secondary(ARMCPU *cpu,
     }
 
     write_bootloader("smpboot", info->smp_loader_start,
-                     smpboot, fixupcontext);
+                     smpboot, fixupcontext, as);
 }
 
 void arm_write_secure_board_setup_dummy_smc(ARMCPU *cpu,
                                             const struct arm_boot_info *info,
                                             hwaddr mvbar_addr)
 {
+    AddressSpace *as = arm_boot_address_space(cpu, info);
     int n;
     uint32_t mvbar_blob[] = {
         /* mvbar_addr: secure monitor vectors
@@ -227,22 +249,23 @@ void arm_write_secure_board_setup_dummy_smc(ARMCPU *cpu,
     for (n = 0; n < ARRAY_SIZE(mvbar_blob); n++) {
         mvbar_blob[n] = tswap32(mvbar_blob[n]);
     }
-    rom_add_blob_fixed("board-setup-mvbar", mvbar_blob, sizeof(mvbar_blob),
-                       mvbar_addr);
+    rom_add_blob_fixed_as("board-setup-mvbar", mvbar_blob, sizeof(mvbar_blob),
+                          mvbar_addr, as);
 
     for (n = 0; n < ARRAY_SIZE(board_setup_blob); n++) {
         board_setup_blob[n] = tswap32(board_setup_blob[n]);
     }
-    rom_add_blob_fixed("board-setup", board_setup_blob,
-                       sizeof(board_setup_blob), info->board_setup_addr);
+    rom_add_blob_fixed_as("board-setup", board_setup_blob,
+                          sizeof(board_setup_blob), info->board_setup_addr, as);
 }
 
 static void default_reset_secondary(ARMCPU *cpu,
                                     const struct arm_boot_info *info)
 {
+    AddressSpace *as = arm_boot_address_space(cpu, info);
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
 
-    address_space_stl_notdirty(&address_space_memory, info->smp_bootreg_addr,
+    address_space_stl_notdirty(as, info->smp_bootreg_addr,
                                0, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, NULL);
     cpu_set_pc(cs, info->smp_loader_start);
 }
@@ -253,12 +276,12 @@ static inline bool have_dtb(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
 }
 
 #define WRITE_WORD(p, value) do { \
-    address_space_stl_notdirty(&address_space_memory, p, value, \
+    address_space_stl_notdirty(as, p, value, \
                                MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, NULL);  \
     p += 4;                       \
 } while (0)
 
-static void set_kernel_args(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
+static void set_kernel_args(const struct arm_boot_info *info, AddressSpace *as)
 {
     int initrd_size = info->initrd_size;
     hwaddr base = info->loader_start;
@@ -289,8 +312,9 @@ static void set_kernel_args(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
         int cmdline_size;
 
         cmdline_size = strlen(info->kernel_cmdline);
-        cpu_physical_memory_write(p + 8, info->kernel_cmdline,
-                                  cmdline_size + 1);
+        address_space_write(as, p + 8, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                            (const uint8_t *)info->kernel_cmdline,
+                            cmdline_size + 1);
         cmdline_size = (cmdline_size >> 2) + 1;
         WRITE_WORD(p, cmdline_size + 2);
         WRITE_WORD(p, 0x54410009);
@@ -304,7 +328,8 @@ static void set_kernel_args(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
         atag_board_len = (info->atag_board(info, atag_board_buf) + 3) & ~3;
         WRITE_WORD(p, (atag_board_len + 8) >> 2);
         WRITE_WORD(p, 0x414f4d50);
-        cpu_physical_memory_write(p, atag_board_buf, atag_board_len);
+        address_space_write(as, p, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                            atag_board_buf, atag_board_len);
         p += atag_board_len;
     }
     /* ATAG_END */
@@ -312,7 +337,8 @@ static void set_kernel_args(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
     WRITE_WORD(p, 0);
 }
 
-static void set_kernel_args_old(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
+static void set_kernel_args_old(const struct arm_boot_info *info,
+                                AddressSpace *as)
 {
     hwaddr p;
     const char *s;
@@ -380,7 +406,8 @@ static void set_kernel_args_old(const struct arm_boot_info *info)
     }
     s = info->kernel_cmdline;
     if (s) {
-        cpu_physical_memory_write(p, s, strlen(s) + 1);
+        address_space_write(as, p, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                            (const uint8_t *)s, strlen(s) + 1);
     } else {
         WRITE_WORD(p, 0);
     }
@@ -454,6 +481,7 @@ static void fdt_add_psci_node(void *fdt)
  * @addr:       the address to load the image at
  * @binfo:      struct describing the boot environment
  * @addr_limit: upper limit of the available memory area at @addr
+ * @as:         address space to load image to
  *
  * Load a device tree supplied by the machine or by the user  with the
  * '-dtb' command line option, and put it at offset @addr in target
@@ -470,7 +498,7 @@ static void fdt_add_psci_node(void *fdt)
  * Note: Must not be called unless have_dtb(binfo) is true.
  */
 static int load_dtb(hwaddr addr, const struct arm_boot_info *binfo,
-                    hwaddr addr_limit)
+                    hwaddr addr_limit, AddressSpace *as)
 {
     void *fdt = NULL;
     int size, rc;
@@ -616,7 +644,7 @@ static int load_dtb(hwaddr addr, const struct arm_boot_info *binfo,
     /* Put the DTB into the memory map as a ROM image: this will ensure
      * the DTB is copied again upon reset, even if addr points into RAM.
      */
-    rom_add_blob_fixed("dtb", fdt, size, addr);
+    rom_add_blob_fixed_as("dtb", fdt, size, addr, as);
 
     g_free(fdt);
 
@@ -703,13 +731,15 @@ static void do_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
             }
 
             if (cs == first_cpu) {
+                AddressSpace *as = arm_boot_address_space(cpu, info);
+
                 cpu_set_pc(cs, info->loader_start);
 
                 if (!have_dtb(info)) {
                     if (old_param) {
-                        set_kernel_args_old(info);
+                        set_kernel_args_old(info, as);
                     } else {
-                        set_kernel_args(info);
+                        set_kernel_args(info, as);
                     }
                 }
             } else {
@@ -784,7 +814,7 @@ static int do_arm_linux_init(Object *obj, void *opaque)
 
 static uint64_t arm_load_elf(struct arm_boot_info *info, uint64_t *pentry,
                              uint64_t *lowaddr, uint64_t *highaddr,
-                             int elf_machine)
+                             int elf_machine, AddressSpace *as)
 {
     bool elf_is64;
     union {
@@ -827,9 +857,9 @@ static uint64_t arm_load_elf(struct arm_boot_info *info, uint64_t *pentry,
         }
     }
 
-    ret = load_elf(info->kernel_filename, NULL, NULL,
-                   pentry, lowaddr, highaddr, big_endian, elf_machine,
-                   1, data_swab);
+    ret = load_elf_as(info->kernel_filename, NULL, NULL,
+                      pentry, lowaddr, highaddr, big_endian, elf_machine,
+                      1, data_swab, as);
     if (ret <= 0) {
         /* The header loaded but the image didn't */
         exit(1);
@@ -839,7 +869,7 @@ static uint64_t arm_load_elf(struct arm_boot_info *info, uint64_t *pentry,
 }
 
 static uint64_t load_aarch64_image(const char *filename, hwaddr mem_base,
-                                   hwaddr *entry)
+                                   hwaddr *entry, AddressSpace *as)
 {
     hwaddr kernel_load_offset = KERNEL64_LOAD_ADDR;
     uint8_t *buffer;
@@ -874,7 +904,7 @@ static uint64_t load_aarch64_image(const char *filename, hwaddr mem_base,
     }
 
     *entry = mem_base + kernel_load_offset;
-    rom_add_blob_fixed(filename, buffer, size, *entry);
+    rom_add_blob_fixed_as(filename, buffer, size, *entry, as);
 
     g_free(buffer);
 
@@ -896,6 +926,7 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
     ARMCPU *cpu = n->cpu;
     struct arm_boot_info *info =
         container_of(n, struct arm_boot_info, load_kernel_notifier);
+    AddressSpace *as = arm_boot_address_space(cpu, info);
 
     /* The board code is not supposed to set secure_board_setup unless
      * running its code in secure mode is actually possible, and KVM
@@ -913,7 +944,7 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
              * the kernel is supposed to be loaded by the bootloader), copy the
              * DTB to the base of RAM for the bootloader to pick up.
              */
-            if (load_dtb(info->loader_start, info, 0) < 0) {
+            if (load_dtb(info->loader_start, info, 0, as) < 0) {
                 exit(1);
             }
         }
@@ -988,7 +1019,7 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 
     /* Assume that raw images are linux kernels, and ELF images are not.  */
     kernel_size = arm_load_elf(info, &elf_entry, &elf_low_addr,
-                               &elf_high_addr, elf_machine);
+                               &elf_high_addr, elf_machine, as);
     if (kernel_size > 0 && have_dtb(info)) {
         /* If there is still some room left at the base of RAM, try and put
          * the DTB there like we do for images loaded with -bios or -pflash.
@@ -1001,25 +1032,26 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
             if (elf_low_addr < info->loader_start) {
                 elf_low_addr = 0;
             }
-            if (load_dtb(info->loader_start, info, elf_low_addr) < 0) {
+            if (load_dtb(info->loader_start, info, elf_low_addr, as) < 0) {
                 exit(1);
             }
         }
     }
     entry = elf_entry;
     if (kernel_size < 0) {
-        kernel_size = load_uimage(info->kernel_filename, &entry, NULL,
-                                  &is_linux, NULL, NULL);
+        kernel_size = load_uimage_as(info->kernel_filename, &entry, NULL,
+                                     &is_linux, NULL, NULL, as);
     }
     if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64) && kernel_size < 0) {
         kernel_size = load_aarch64_image(info->kernel_filename,
-                                         info->loader_start, &entry);
+                                         info->loader_start, &entry, as);
         is_linux = 1;
     } else if (kernel_size < 0) {
         /* 32-bit ARM */
         entry = info->loader_start + KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
-        kernel_size = load_image_targphys(info->kernel_filename, entry,
-                                          info->ram_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR);
+        kernel_size = load_image_targphys_as(info->kernel_filename, entry,
+                                             info->ram_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
+                                             as);
         is_linux = 1;
     }
     if (kernel_size < 0) {
@@ -1031,15 +1063,16 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
         uint32_t fixupcontext[FIXUP_MAX];
 
         if (info->initrd_filename) {
-            initrd_size = load_ramdisk(info->initrd_filename,
-                                       info->initrd_start,
-                                       info->ram_size -
-                                       info->initrd_start);
+            initrd_size = load_ramdisk_as(info->initrd_filename,
+                                          info->initrd_start,
+                                          info->ram_size - info->initrd_start,
+                                          as);
             if (initrd_size < 0) {
-                initrd_size = load_image_targphys(info->initrd_filename,
-                                                  info->initrd_start,
-                                                  info->ram_size -
-                                                  info->initrd_start);
+                initrd_size = load_image_targphys_as(info->initrd_filename,
+                                                     info->initrd_start,
+                                                     info->ram_size -
+                                                     info->initrd_start,
+                                                     as);
             }
             if (initrd_size < 0) {
                 error_report("could not load initrd '%s'",
@@ -1080,7 +1113,7 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 
             /* Place the DTB after the initrd in memory with alignment. */
             dtb_start = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(info->initrd_start + initrd_size, align);
-            if (load_dtb(dtb_start, info, 0) < 0) {
+            if (load_dtb(dtb_start, info, 0, as) < 0) {
                 exit(1);
             }
             fixupcontext[FIXUP_ARGPTR] = dtb_start;
@@ -1096,7 +1129,7 @@ static void arm_load_kernel_notify(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
         fixupcontext[FIXUP_ENTRYPOINT] = entry;
 
         write_bootloader("bootloader", info->loader_start,
-                         primary_loader, fixupcontext);
+                         primary_loader, fixupcontext, as);
 
         if (info->nb_cpus > 1) {
             info->write_secondary_boot(cpu, info);
