1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 77e4d3c5c57b..8dfd13f724d9 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5646,6 +5646,16 @@ void __init sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(int nid)
         unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
         int i, this_nid;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
+        if (!mem_section) {
+                unsigned long size, align;
+
+                size = sizeof(struct mem_section) * NR_SECTION_ROOTS;
+                align = 1 << (INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+                mem_section = memblock_virt_alloc(size, align);
+        }
+#endif
+
         for_each_mem_pfn_range(i, nid, &start_pfn, &end_pfn, &this_nid)
                 memory_present(this_nid, start_pfn, end_pfn);
 }