diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
index 8075823..6d228cc 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 		ctx->pid = get_task_pid(task, PIDTYPE_PID);
 		ctx->glpid = get_task_pid(task->group_leader, PIDTYPE_PID);
 		kernel = false;
+		ctx->real_mode = false;
 	}
 
 	cxl_ctx_get();
@@ -219,6 +220,24 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_set_master);
 
+int cxl_set_translation_mode(struct cxl_context *ctx, bool real_mode)
+{
+	if (ctx->status == STARTED) {
+		/*
+		 * We could potentially update the PE and issue an update LLCMD
+		 * to support this, but it doesn't seem to have a good use case
+		 * since it's trivial to just create a second kernel context
+		 * with different translation modes, so until someone convinces
+		 * me otherwise:
+		 */
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	ctx->real_mode = real_mode;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_set_translation_mode);
+
 /* wrappers around afu_* file ops which are EXPORTED */
 int cxl_fd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {