diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 7a21d0bf7134d2ec16b8afeb87ea1c184ee2f717..7f27fab9d4047d5a8b511615cf4357704b56696e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ extern void *dma_alloc_writecombine(struct device *, size_t, dma_addr_t *,
 int dma_mmap_writecombine(struct device *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 		void *, dma_addr_t, size_t);
 
+/*
+ * This can be called during boot to increase the size of the consistent
+ * DMA region above it's default value of 2MB. It must be called before the
+ * memory allocator is initialised, i.e. before any core_initcall.
+ */
+extern void __init init_consistent_dma_size(unsigned long size);
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMABOUNCE
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
index b8de516e600e855e4ece64e3a654a1d451626603..652fccca49521cca6d38f5cc74a5086fc169840c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -77,16 +77,7 @@
  */
 #define IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER	24
 
-/*
- * Size of DMA-consistent memory region.  Must be multiple of 2M,
- * between 2MB and 14MB inclusive.
- */
-#ifndef CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE
-#define CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE 	SZ_2M
-#endif
-
 #define CONSISTENT_END		(0xffe00000UL)
-#define CONSISTENT_BASE		(CONSISTENT_END - CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE)
 
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index 0a0a1e7c20d2b2b7f459197be96575f757171cfd..5b59ce5728778d92ee76643bbc680a3311a65e25 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/highmem.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/sizes.h>
+#include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 
 #include "mm.h"
 
@@ -117,26 +119,41 @@ static void __dma_free_buffer(struct page *page, size_t size)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-/* Sanity check size */
-#if (CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE % SZ_2M)
-#error "CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE must be multiple of 2MiB"
-#endif
 
-#define CONSISTENT_OFFSET(x)	(((unsigned long)(x) - CONSISTENT_BASE) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define CONSISTENT_PTE_INDEX(x) (((unsigned long)(x) - CONSISTENT_BASE) >> PGDIR_SHIFT)
-#define NUM_CONSISTENT_PTES (CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE >> PGDIR_SHIFT)
+
+#define CONSISTENT_OFFSET(x)	(((unsigned long)(x) - consistent_base) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define CONSISTENT_PTE_INDEX(x) (((unsigned long)(x) - consistent_base) >> PGDIR_SHIFT)
 
 /*
  * These are the page tables (2MB each) covering uncached, DMA consistent allocations
  */
-static pte_t *consistent_pte[NUM_CONSISTENT_PTES];
+static pte_t **consistent_pte;
+
+#ifdef CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE
+#define DEFAULT_CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE
+#else
+#define DEFAULT_CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE SZ_2M
+#endif
+
+unsigned long consistent_base = CONSISTENT_END - DEFAULT_CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE;
+
+void __init init_consistent_dma_size(unsigned long size)
+{
+	unsigned long base = CONSISTENT_END - ALIGN(size, SZ_2M);
+
+	BUG_ON(consistent_pte); /* Check we're called before DMA region init */
+	BUG_ON(base < VMALLOC_END);
+
+	/* Grow region to accommodate specified size  */
+	if (base < consistent_base)
+		consistent_base = base;
+}
 
 #include "vmregion.h"
 
 static struct arm_vmregion_head consistent_head = {
 	.vm_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&consistent_head.vm_lock),
 	.vm_list	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(consistent_head.vm_list),
-	.vm_start	= CONSISTENT_BASE,
 	.vm_end		= CONSISTENT_END,
 };
 
@@ -155,7 +172,17 @@ static int __init consistent_init(void)
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	int i = 0;
-	u32 base = CONSISTENT_BASE;
+	unsigned long base = consistent_base;
+	unsigned long num_ptes = (CONSISTENT_END - base) >> PGDIR_SHIFT;
+
+	consistent_pte = kmalloc(num_ptes * sizeof(pte_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!consistent_pte) {
+		pr_err("%s: no memory\n", __func__);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("DMA memory: 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx:\n", base, CONSISTENT_END);
+	consistent_head.vm_start = base;
 
 	do {
 		pgd = pgd_offset(&init_mm, base);
@@ -198,7 +225,7 @@ __dma_alloc_remap(struct page *page, size_t size, gfp_t gfp, pgprot_t prot)
 	size_t align;
 	int bit;
 
-	if (!consistent_pte[0]) {
+	if (!consistent_pte) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: not initialised\n", __func__);
 		dump_stack();
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 91bca355cd3105462bdb4c6756d094910ecd0c81..64ab41348f30818f799daabcc0550f428758025f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -653,9 +653,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 			"    ITCM    : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
 #endif
 			"    fixmap  : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-			"    DMA     : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
-#endif
 			"    vmalloc : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
 			"    lowmem  : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
@@ -674,9 +671,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 			MLK(ITCM_OFFSET, (unsigned long) itcm_end),
 #endif
 			MLK(FIXADDR_START, FIXADDR_TOP),
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-			MLM(CONSISTENT_BASE, CONSISTENT_END),
-#endif
 			MLM(VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END),
 			MLM(PAGE_OFFSET, (unsigned long)high_memory),
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
@@ -699,9 +693,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	 * be detected at build time already.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(VMALLOC_END			> CONSISTENT_BASE);
-	BUG_ON(VMALLOC_END				> CONSISTENT_BASE);
-
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TASK_SIZE				> MODULES_VADDR);
 	BUG_ON(TASK_SIZE 				> MODULES_VADDR);
 #endif