diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index eb0077b302e24..1a02629ec70b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -935,12 +935,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* Print various info about the machine that has been gathered so far. */
 	print_system_info();
 
-	/* Reserve large chunks of memory for use by CMA for KVM. */
-	kvm_cma_reserve();
-
-	/*  Reserve large chunks of memory for us by CMA for hugetlb */
-	gigantic_hugetlb_cma_reserve();
-
 	klp_init_thread_info(&init_task);
 
 	setup_initial_init_mm(_stext, _etext, _edata, _end);
@@ -955,6 +949,13 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	initmem_init();
 
+	/*
+	 * Reserve large chunks of memory for use by CMA for KVM and hugetlb. These must
+	 * be called after initmem_init(), so that pageblock_order is initialised.
+	 */
+	kvm_cma_reserve();
+	gigantic_hugetlb_cma_reserve();
+
 	early_memtest(min_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	if (ppc_md.setup_arch)