diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
index d1fa625e61f5..8c7ec9374e3b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-rcar-gen2.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-contiguous.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ void __init rcar_gen2_reserve(void)
 
 	of_scan_flat_dt(rcar_gen2_scan_mem, &mrc);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CMA
-	if (mrc.size)
+	if (mrc.size && memblock_is_region_memory(mrc.base, mrc.size))
 		dma_contiguous_reserve_area(mrc.size, mrc.base, 0,
 					    &rcar_gen2_dma_contiguous, true);
 #endif