diff --git a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map.go b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map.go
index fe56f3b..ddc4b80 100644
--- a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map.go
+++ b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map.go
@@ -130,6 +130,24 @@ func MapRegion(frame pmm.Frame, size mem.Size, flags PageTableEntryFlag) (Page,
 	return PageFromAddress(startPage), nil
 }
 
+// IdentityMapRegion establishes an identity mapping to the physical memory
+// region which starts at the given frame and ends at frame + pages(size). The
+// size argument is always rounded up to the nearest page boundary.
+// IdentityMapRegion returns back the Page that corresponds to the region
+// start.
+func IdentityMapRegion(startFrame pmm.Frame, size mem.Size, flags PageTableEntryFlag) (Page, *kernel.Error) {
+	startPage := Page(startFrame)
+	pageCount := Page(((size + (mem.PageSize - 1)) & ^(mem.PageSize - 1)) >> mem.PageShift)
+
+	for curPage := startPage; curPage < startPage+pageCount; curPage++ {
+		if err := mapFn(curPage, pmm.Frame(curPage), flags); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return startPage, nil
+}
+
 // MapTemporary establishes a temporary RW mapping of a physical memory frame
 // to a fixed virtual address overwriting any previous mapping. The temporary
 // mapping mechanism is primarily used by the kernel to access and initialize
diff --git a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map_test.go b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map_test.go
index 7a0d0f8..e5a68e9 100644
--- a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map_test.go
+++ b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/map_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,40 @@ func TestMapRegion(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestIdentityMapRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		mapFn = Map
+	}()
+
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mapCallCount := 0
+		mapFn = func(_ Page, _ pmm.Frame, flags PageTableEntryFlag) *kernel.Error {
+			mapCallCount++
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if _, err := IdentityMapRegion(pmm.Frame(0xdf0000), 4097, FlagPresent|FlagRW); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if exp := 2; mapCallCount != exp {
+			t.Errorf("expected Map to be called %d time(s); got %d", exp, mapCallCount)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Map fails", func(t *testing.T) {
+		expErr := &kernel.Error{Module: "test", Message: "map failed"}
+
+		mapFn = func(_ Page, _ pmm.Frame, flags PageTableEntryFlag) *kernel.Error {
+			return expErr
+		}
+
+		if _, err := IdentityMapRegion(pmm.Frame(0xdf0000), 128000, FlagPresent|FlagRW); err != expErr {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error: %v; got %v", expErr, err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestMapTemporaryErrorsAmd64(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
 		t.Skip("test requires amd64 runtime; skipping")
diff --git a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/translate.go b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/translate.go
index 4493f32..e1f07cf 100644
--- a/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/translate.go
+++ b/src/gopheros/kernel/mem/vmm/translate.go
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ func Translate(virtAddr uintptr) (uintptr, *kernel.Error) {
 
 	// Calculate the physical address by taking the physical frame address and
 	// appending the offset from the virtual address
-	physAddr := pte.Frame().Address() + (virtAddr & ((1 << pageLevelShifts[pageLevels-1]) - 1))
-
+	physAddr := pte.Frame().Address() + PageOffset(virtAddr)
 	return physAddr, nil
 }
+
+// PageOffset returns the offset within the page specified by a virtual
+// address.
+func PageOffset(virtAddr uintptr) uintptr {
+	return (virtAddr & ((1 << pageLevelShifts[pageLevels-1]) - 1))
+}