diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index ce32017c5e38dc1b3ba14f08c6a82a13113d73de..742d6d4ad9eb5ec30a411e9946de016f679b4eda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -418,27 +418,27 @@ static unsigned long __init get_new_step_size(unsigned long step_size)
 	return step_size << 5;
 }
 
-void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
+/**
+ * memory_map_top_down - Map [map_start, map_end) top down
+ * @map_start: start address of the target memory range
+ * @map_end: end address of the target memory range
+ *
+ * This function will setup direct mapping for memory range
+ * [map_start, map_end) in top-down. That said, the page tables
+ * will be allocated at the end of the memory, and we map the
+ * memory in top-down.
+ */
+static void __init memory_map_top_down(unsigned long map_start,
+				       unsigned long map_end)
 {
-	unsigned long end, real_end, start, last_start;
+	unsigned long real_end, start, last_start;
 	unsigned long step_size;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long mapped_ram_size = 0;
 	unsigned long new_mapped_ram_size;
 
-	probe_page_size_mask();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	end = max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-#else
-	end = max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-#endif
-
-	/* the ISA range is always mapped regardless of memory holes */
-	init_memory_mapping(0, ISA_END_ADDRESS);
-
 	/* xen has big range in reserved near end of ram, skip it at first.*/
-	addr = memblock_find_in_range(ISA_END_ADDRESS, end, PMD_SIZE, PMD_SIZE);
+	addr = memblock_find_in_range(map_start, map_end, PMD_SIZE, PMD_SIZE);
 	real_end = addr + PMD_SIZE;
 
 	/* step_size need to be small so pgt_buf from BRK could cover it */
@@ -453,13 +453,13 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
 	 * end of RAM in [min_pfn_mapped, max_pfn_mapped) used as new pages
 	 * for page table.
 	 */
-	while (last_start > ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
+	while (last_start > map_start) {
 		if (last_start > step_size) {
 			start = round_down(last_start - 1, step_size);
-			if (start < ISA_END_ADDRESS)
-				start = ISA_END_ADDRESS;
+			if (start < map_start)
+				start = map_start;
 		} else
-			start = ISA_END_ADDRESS;
+			start = map_start;
 		new_mapped_ram_size = init_range_memory_mapping(start,
 							last_start);
 		last_start = start;
@@ -470,8 +470,27 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
 		mapped_ram_size += new_mapped_ram_size;
 	}
 
-	if (real_end < end)
-		init_range_memory_mapping(real_end, end);
+	if (real_end < map_end)
+		init_range_memory_mapping(real_end, map_end);
+}
+
+void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
+{
+	unsigned long end;
+
+	probe_page_size_mask();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	end = max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
+#else
+	end = max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
+#endif
+
+	/* the ISA range is always mapped regardless of memory holes */
+	init_memory_mapping(0, ISA_END_ADDRESS);
+
+	/* setup direct mapping for range [ISA_END_ADDRESS, end) in top-down*/
+	memory_map_top_down(ISA_END_ADDRESS, end);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (max_pfn > max_low_pfn) {