diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index d35d9ad3c1cd686b3c48d57f51cd1d8bae66acc0..6668ecc041ad98e444e459b3125027e5c44c5353 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ __ioremap_caller(phys_addr_t addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 	 * mem_init() sets high_memory so only do the check after that.
 	 */
 	if (slab_is_available() && (p < virt_to_phys(high_memory)) &&
+	    page_is_ram(__phys_to_pfn(p)) &&
 	    !(__allow_ioremap_reserved && memblock_is_region_reserved(p, size))) {
 		printk("__ioremap(): phys addr 0x%llx is RAM lr %ps\n",
 		       (unsigned long long)p, __builtin_return_address(0));