diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index d1a68b6d03b3f..c28aedd7ae1f7 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@ void __init early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(void)
 	if (!initial_boot_params)
 		return;
 
+	fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
+	fdt_reserve_elfcorehdr();
+
 	/* Process header /memreserve/ fields */
 	for (n = 0; ; n++) {
 		fdt_get_mem_rsv(initial_boot_params, n, &base, &size);
@@ -643,8 +646,6 @@ void __init early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(void)
 		memblock_reserve(base, size);
 	}
 
-	fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
-	fdt_reserve_elfcorehdr();
 	fdt_init_reserved_mem();
 }