diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index 4388d941d381..34a4df29af72 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ bool cma_validate_zones(struct cma *cma)
 
 static void __init cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn, base_pfn;
+	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn;
 	int allocrange, r;
 	struct cma_memrange *cmr;
+	unsigned long bitmap_count, count;
 
 	for (allocrange = 0; allocrange < cma->nranges; allocrange++) {
 		cmr = &cma->ranges[allocrange];
@@ -161,8 +162,13 @@ static void __init cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma)
 
 	for (r = 0; r < cma->nranges; r++) {
 		cmr = &cma->ranges[r];
-		base_pfn = cmr->base_pfn;
-		for (pfn = base_pfn; pfn < base_pfn + cmr->count;
+		if (cmr->early_pfn != cmr->base_pfn) {
+			count = cmr->early_pfn - cmr->base_pfn;
+			bitmap_count = cma_bitmap_pages_to_bits(cma, count);
+			bitmap_set(cmr->bitmap, 0, bitmap_count);
+		}
+
+		for (pfn = cmr->early_pfn; pfn < cmr->base_pfn + cmr->count;
 		     pfn += pageblock_nr_pages)
 			init_cma_reserved_pageblock(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 	}
@@ -173,6 +179,7 @@ static void __init cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma)
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&cma->mem_head);
 	spin_lock_init(&cma->mem_head_lock);
 #endif
+	set_bit(CMA_ACTIVATED, &cma->flags);
 
 	return;
 
@@ -184,9 +191,8 @@ static void __init cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma)
 	if (!test_bit(CMA_RESERVE_PAGES_ON_ERROR, &cma->flags)) {
 		for (r = 0; r < allocrange; r++) {
 			cmr = &cma->ranges[r];
-			for (pfn = cmr->base_pfn;
-			     pfn < cmr->base_pfn + cmr->count;
-			     pfn++)
+			end_pfn = cmr->base_pfn + cmr->count;
+			for (pfn = cmr->early_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++)
 				free_reserved_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 		}
 	}
@@ -290,6 +296,7 @@ int __init cma_init_reserved_mem(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size,
 		return ret;
 
 	cma->ranges[0].base_pfn = PFN_DOWN(base);
+	cma->ranges[0].early_pfn = PFN_DOWN(base);
 	cma->ranges[0].count = cma->count;
 	cma->nranges = 1;
 	cma->nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
@@ -509,6 +516,7 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_multi(phys_addr_t total_size,
 		    nr, (u64)mlp->base, (u64)mlp->base + size);
 		cmrp = &cma->ranges[nr++];
 		cmrp->base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(mlp->base);
+		cmrp->early_pfn = cmrp->base_pfn;
 		cmrp->count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 		sizeleft -= size;
@@ -540,7 +548,6 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_multi(phys_addr_t total_size,
 		pr_info("Reserved %lu MiB in %d range%s\n",
 			(unsigned long)total_size / SZ_1M, nr,
 			nr > 1 ? "s" : "");
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1034,3 +1041,65 @@ bool cma_intersects(struct cma *cma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Very basic function to reserve memory from a CMA area that has not
+ * yet been activated. This is expected to be called early, when the
+ * system is single-threaded, so there is no locking. The alignment
+ * checking is restrictive - only pageblock-aligned areas
+ * (CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES) may be reserved through this function.
+ * This keeps things simple, and is enough for the current use case.
+ *
+ * The CMA bitmaps have not yet been allocated, so just start
+ * reserving from the bottom up, using a PFN to keep track
+ * of what has been reserved. Unreserving is not possible.
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for initializing the page structures
+ * in the area properly, since this just points to memblock-allocated
+ * memory. The caller should subsequently use init_cma_pageblock to
+ * set the migrate type and CMA stats  the pageblocks that were reserved.
+ *
+ * If the CMA area fails to activate later, memory obtained through
+ * this interface is not handed to the page allocator, this is
+ * the responsibility of the caller (e.g. like normal memblock-allocated
+ * memory).
+ */
+void __init *cma_reserve_early(struct cma *cma, unsigned long size)
+{
+	int r;
+	struct cma_memrange *cmr;
+	unsigned long available;
+	void *ret = NULL;
+
+	if (!cma || !cma->count)
+		return NULL;
+	/*
+	 * Can only be called early in init.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit(CMA_ACTIVATED, &cma->flags))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(size, (PAGE_SIZE << cma->order_per_bit)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	size >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (size > cma->available_count)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (r = 0; r < cma->nranges; r++) {
+		cmr = &cma->ranges[r];
+		available = cmr->count - (cmr->early_pfn - cmr->base_pfn);
+		if (size <= available) {
+			ret = phys_to_virt(PFN_PHYS(cmr->early_pfn));
+			cmr->early_pfn += size;
+			cma->available_count -= size;
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/mm/cma.h b/mm/cma.h
index bddc84b3cd96..df7fc623b7a6 100644
--- a/mm/cma.h
+++ b/mm/cma.h
@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@ struct cma_kobject {
  * and the total amount of memory requested, while smaller than the total
  * amount of memory available, is large enough that it doesn't fit in a
  * single physical memory range because of memory holes.
+ *
+ * Fields:
+ *   @base_pfn: physical address of range
+ *   @early_pfn: first PFN not reserved through cma_reserve_early
+ *   @count: size of range
+ *   @bitmap: bitmap of allocated (1 << order_per_bit)-sized chunks.
  */
 struct cma_memrange {
 	unsigned long base_pfn;
+	unsigned long early_pfn;
 	unsigned long count;
 	unsigned long *bitmap;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA_DEBUGFS
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ enum cma_flags {
 	CMA_RESERVE_PAGES_ON_ERROR,
 	CMA_ZONES_VALID,
 	CMA_ZONES_INVALID,
+	CMA_ACTIVATED,
 };
 
 extern struct cma cma_areas[MAX_CMA_AREAS];
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 63fda9bb9426..8318c8e6e589 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -848,6 +848,22 @@ void init_cma_reserved_pageblock(struct page *page);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPACTION || CONFIG_CMA */
 
+struct cma;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
+void *cma_reserve_early(struct cma *cma, unsigned long size);
+void init_cma_pageblock(struct page *page);
+#else
+static inline void *cma_reserve_early(struct cma *cma, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+static inline void init_cma_pageblock(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+
 int find_suitable_fallback(struct free_area *area, unsigned int order,
 			int migratetype, bool only_stealable, bool *can_steal);
 
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index f7d5b4fe1ae9..f31260fd393e 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2263,6 +2263,15 @@ void __init init_cma_reserved_pageblock(struct page *page)
 	adjust_managed_page_count(page, pageblock_nr_pages);
 	page_zone(page)->cma_pages += pageblock_nr_pages;
 }
+/*
+ * Similar to above, but only set the migrate type and stats.
+ */
+void __init init_cma_pageblock(struct page *page)
+{
+	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_CMA);
+	adjust_managed_page_count(page, pageblock_nr_pages);
+	page_zone(page)->cma_pages += pageblock_nr_pages;
+}
 #endif
 
 void set_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone)
