diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index cebee310e200..ff8604007b08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1108,8 +1108,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	initmem_init();
 	dma_contiguous_reserve(max_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES))
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES)) {
 		hugetlb_cma_reserve(PUD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
+		hugetlb_bootmem_alloc();
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Reserve memory for crash kernel after SRAT is parsed so that it