1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index 48383ea72290..a3b7854b8f7c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(nosave_regions);
  */
 
 void __init
-register_nosave_region(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+__register_nosave_region(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+                         int use_kmalloc)
 {
         struct nosave_region *region;
 
@@ -623,8 +624,13 @@ register_nosave_region(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
                         goto Report;
                 }
         }
-        /* This allocation cannot fail */
-        region = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(struct nosave_region));
+        if (use_kmalloc) {
+                /* during init, this shouldn't fail */
+                region = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nosave_region), GFP_KERNEL);
+                BUG_ON(!region);
+        } else
+                /* This allocation cannot fail */
+                region = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(struct nosave_region));
         region->start_pfn = start_pfn;
         region->end_pfn = end_pfn;
         list_add_tail(&region->list, &nosave_regions);