diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index c22f0fdd4cfb..ae888662bda3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 		start = memparse(p + 1, &p);
 
 	add_memory_region(start, size, BOOT_MEM_RAM);
+
+	if (start && start > PHYS_OFFSET)
+		add_memory_region(PHYS_OFFSET, start - PHYS_OFFSET,
+				BOOT_MEM_RESERVED);
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("mem", early_parse_mem);