diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index f0ba71304b6e..83f7d12042fb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
+#include <linux/libfdt.h>
 
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ disable:
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD */
 
+static phys_addr_t dtb_early_pa __initdata;
+
 void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *reg;
@@ -117,7 +120,12 @@ void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 	setup_initrd();
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD */
 
-	early_init_fdt_reserve_self();
+	/*
+	 * Avoid using early_init_fdt_reserve_self() since __pa() does
+	 * not work for DTB pointers that are fixmap addresses
+	 */
+	memblock_reserve(dtb_early_pa, fdt_totalsize(dtb_early_va));
+
 	early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
 	memblock_allow_resize();
 	memblock_dump_all();
@@ -393,6 +401,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
 
 	/* Save pointer to DTB for early FDT parsing */
 	dtb_early_va = (void *)fix_to_virt(FIX_FDT) + (dtb_pa & ~PAGE_MASK);
+	/* Save physical address for memblock reservation */
+	dtb_early_pa = dtb_pa;
 }
 
 static void __init setup_vm_final(void)