diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index caae3f4e4341a40d86f4014871c1ebe929a937ae..300dac3702f11a13460d1954843bfcbd1ddc2034 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 	efi_memory_desc_t *md;
 	u64 efi_desc_size;
 	char *name;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags, desc;
 
 	efi_map_start = __va(ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap);
 	efi_map_end   = efi_map_start + ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap_size;
@@ -1193,6 +1193,8 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 			continue;
 
 		flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
+
 		switch (md->type) {
 
 			case EFI_MEMORY_MAPPED_IO:
@@ -1207,14 +1209,17 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 				if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WP) {
 					name = "System ROM";
 					flags |= IORESOURCE_READONLY;
-				} else if (md->attribute == EFI_MEMORY_UC)
+				} else if (md->attribute == EFI_MEMORY_UC) {
 					name = "Uncached RAM";
-				else
+				} else {
 					name = "System RAM";
+					flags |= IORESOURCE_SYSRAM;
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_ACPI_MEMORY_NVS:
 				name = "ACPI Non-volatile Storage";
+				desc = IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE;
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_UNUSABLE_MEMORY:
@@ -1224,6 +1229,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 
 			case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
 				name = "Persistent Memory";
+				desc = IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY;
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_RESERVED_TYPE:
@@ -1246,6 +1252,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 		res->start = md->phys_addr;
 		res->end = md->phys_addr + efi_md_size(md) - 1;
 		res->flags = flags;
+		res->desc = desc;
 
 		if (insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0)
 			kfree(res);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 4f118b0d30915f4f5927719522414a66efe17f08..2029a38a72aeee89793d53ee60418567586d67ff 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ unsigned long vga_console_membase;
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel bss",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 unsigned long ia64_max_cacheline_size;