diff --git a/lib/xlat_tables/aarch32/xlat_tables.c b/lib/xlat_tables/aarch32/xlat_tables.c
index 720d4461d..dd639397a 100644
--- a/lib/xlat_tables/aarch32/xlat_tables.c
+++ b/lib/xlat_tables/aarch32/xlat_tables.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -130,3 +130,8 @@ void enable_mmu_secure(unsigned int flags)
 	/* Ensure the MMU enable takes effect immediately */
 	isb();
 }
+
+void enable_mmu_direct(unsigned int flags)
+{
+	enable_mmu_secure(flags);
+}
diff --git a/lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c b/lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
index a72c6454c..5717516a4 100644
--- a/lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
+++ b/lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ void init_xlat_tables(void)
 									\
 		/* Ensure the MMU enable takes effect immediately */	\
 		isb();							\
+	}								\
+									\
+	void enable_mmu_direct_el##_el(unsigned int flags)		\
+	{								\
+		enable_mmu_el##_el(flags);				\
 	}
 
 /* Define EL1 and EL3 variants of the function enabling the MMU */