diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 9150ca9b5f809285e987d1ed84db3b353357ae16..0fa8a972a679c33bed140b1719f38a5107d7e845 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
  */
 LOW_PAGES = 1<<(32-PAGE_SHIFT_asm)
 
+/*
+ * To preserve the DMA pool in PAGEALLOC kernels, we'll allocate
+ * pagetables from above the 16MB DMA limit, so we'll have to set
+ * up pagetables 16MB more (worst-case):
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
+LOW_PAGES = LOW_PAGES + 0x1000000
+#endif
+
 #if PTRS_PER_PMD > 1
 PAGE_TABLE_SIZE = (LOW_PAGES / PTRS_PER_PMD) + PTRS_PER_PGD
 #else