diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index accff10..53e477b 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
 static struct memblock_region memblock_memory_init_regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS] __initdata_memblock;
 static struct memblock_region memblock_reserved_init_regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS] __initdata_memblock;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 	.reserved.cnt		= 1,	/* empty dummy entry */
 	.reserved.max		= INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS,
 
+	.bottom_up		= false,
 	.current_limit		= MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE,
 };
 
@@ -82,6 +85,38 @@
 	return (i < type->cnt) ? i : -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * __memblock_find_range_bottom_up - find free area utility in bottom-up
+ * @start: start of candidate range
+ * @end: end of candidate range, can be %MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_{ANYWHERE|ACCESSIBLE}
+ * @size: size of free area to find
+ * @align: alignment of free area to find
+ * @nid: nid of the free area to find, %MAX_NUMNODES for any node
+ *
+ * Utility called from memblock_find_in_range_node(), find free area bottom-up.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Found address on success, 0 on failure.
+ */
+static phys_addr_t __init_memblock
+__memblock_find_range_bottom_up(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end,
+				phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, int nid)
+{
+	phys_addr_t this_start, this_end, cand;
+	u64 i;
+
+	for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, &this_start, &this_end, NULL) {
+		this_start = clamp(this_start, start, end);
+		this_end = clamp(this_end, start, end);
+
+		cand = round_up(this_start, align);
+		if (cand < this_end && this_end - cand >= size)
+			return cand;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * __memblock_find_range_top_down - find free area utility, in top-down
  * @start: start of candidate range
@@ -93,7 +128,7 @@
  * Utility called from memblock_find_in_range_node(), find free area top-down.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * Found address on success, %0 on failure.
+ * Found address on success, 0 on failure.
  */
 static phys_addr_t __init_memblock
 __memblock_find_range_top_down(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end,
@@ -127,13 +162,24 @@
  *
  * Find @size free area aligned to @align in the specified range and node.
  *
+ * When allocation direction is bottom-up, the @start should be greater
+ * than the end of the kernel image. Otherwise, it will be trimmed. The
+ * reason is that we want the bottom-up allocation just near the kernel
+ * image so it is highly likely that the allocated memory and the kernel
+ * will reside in the same node.
+ *
+ * If bottom-up allocation failed, will try to allocate memory top-down.
+ *
  * RETURNS:
- * Found address on success, %0 on failure.
+ * Found address on success, 0 on failure.
  */
 phys_addr_t __init_memblock memblock_find_in_range_node(phys_addr_t start,
 					phys_addr_t end, phys_addr_t size,
 					phys_addr_t align, int nid)
 {
+	int ret;
+	phys_addr_t kernel_end;
+
 	/* pump up @end */
 	if (end == MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE)
 		end = memblock.current_limit;
@@ -141,6 +187,37 @@
 	/* avoid allocating the first page */
 	start = max_t(phys_addr_t, start, PAGE_SIZE);
 	end = max(start, end);
+	kernel_end = __pa_symbol(_end);
+
+	/*
+	 * try bottom-up allocation only when bottom-up mode
+	 * is set and @end is above the kernel image.
+	 */
+	if (memblock_bottom_up() && end > kernel_end) {
+		phys_addr_t bottom_up_start;
+
+		/* make sure we will allocate above the kernel */
+		bottom_up_start = max(start, kernel_end);
+
+		/* ok, try bottom-up allocation first */
+		ret = __memblock_find_range_bottom_up(bottom_up_start, end,
+						      size, align, nid);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * we always limit bottom-up allocation above the kernel,
+		 * but top-down allocation doesn't have the limit, so
+		 * retrying top-down allocation may succeed when bottom-up
+		 * allocation failed.
+		 *
+		 * bottom-up allocation is expected to be fail very rarely,
+		 * so we use WARN_ONCE() here to see the stack trace if
+		 * fail happens.
+		 */
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "memblock: bottom-up allocation failed, "
+			     "memory hotunplug may be affected\n");
+	}
 
 	return __memblock_find_range_top_down(start, end, size, align, nid);
 }
@@ -155,7 +232,7 @@
  * Find @size free area aligned to @align in the specified range.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * Found address on success, %0 on failure.
+ * Found address on success, 0 on failure.
  */
 phys_addr_t __init_memblock memblock_find_in_range(phys_addr_t start,
 					phys_addr_t end, phys_addr_t size,