diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index b65b687e23620234200cd67f49429cd283a7fa11..d4382095f8bdcda1493feb7fc835a93432027f42 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -184,7 +184,24 @@ static void __init_memblock memblock_remove_region(struct memblock_type *type, u
 	}
 }
 
-static int __init_memblock memblock_double_array(struct memblock_type *type)
+/**
+ * memblock_double_array - double the size of the memblock regions array
+ * @type: memblock type of the regions array being doubled
+ * @new_area_start: starting address of memory range to avoid overlap with
+ * @new_area_size: size of memory range to avoid overlap with
+ *
+ * Double the size of the @type regions array. If memblock is being used to
+ * allocate memory for a new reserved regions array and there is a previously
+ * allocated memory range [@new_area_start,@new_area_start+@new_area_size]
+ * waiting to be reserved, ensure the memory used by the new array does
+ * not overlap.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
+static int __init_memblock memblock_double_array(struct memblock_type *type,
+						phys_addr_t new_area_start,
+						phys_addr_t new_area_size)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *new_array, *old_array;
 	phys_addr_t old_size, new_size, addr;
@@ -222,7 +239,18 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_double_array(struct memblock_type *type)
 		new_array = kmalloc(new_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		addr = new_array ? __pa(new_array) : 0;
 	} else {
-		addr = memblock_find_in_range(0, MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, new_size, sizeof(phys_addr_t));
+		/* only exclude range when trying to double reserved.regions */
+		if (type != &memblock.reserved)
+			new_area_start = new_area_size = 0;
+
+		addr = memblock_find_in_range(new_area_start + new_area_size,
+						memblock.current_limit,
+						new_size, sizeof(phys_addr_t));
+		if (!addr && new_area_size)
+			addr = memblock_find_in_range(0,
+					min(new_area_start, memblock.current_limit),
+					new_size, sizeof(phys_addr_t));
+
 		new_array = addr ? __va(addr) : 0;
 	}
 	if (!addr) {
@@ -399,7 +427,7 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_add_region(struct memblock_type *type,
 	 */
 	if (!insert) {
 		while (type->cnt + nr_new > type->max)
-			if (memblock_double_array(type) < 0)
+			if (memblock_double_array(type, obase, size) < 0)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		insert = true;
 		goto repeat;
@@ -450,7 +478,7 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_isolate_range(struct memblock_type *type,
 
 	/* we'll create at most two more regions */
 	while (type->cnt + 2 > type->max)
-		if (memblock_double_array(type) < 0)
+		if (memblock_double_array(type, base, size) < 0)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < type->cnt; i++) {