diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index b76b90eb9356..15dddfe43319 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ phys_addr_t __init arm_memblock_steal(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align)
 	BUG_ON(!arm_memblock_steal_permitted);
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, align);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to steal %pa bytes at %pS\n",
+		      &size, (void *)_RET_IP_);
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 402b6495ff58..e97f018ff740 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static phys_addr_t __init early_pgtable_alloc(void)
 	void *ptr;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate page table page\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * The FIX_{PGD,PUD,PMD} slots may be in active use, but the FIX_PTE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/dart_iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/dart_iommu.c
index fc5c5c23303e..2a751795ec1e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/dart_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/dart_iommu.c
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ static void allocate_dart(void)
 	 * prefetching into invalid pages and corrupting data
 	 */
 	tmp = memblock_phys_alloc(DART_PAGE_SIZE, DART_PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!tmp)
+		panic("DART: table allocation failed\n");
+
 	dart_emptyval = DARTMAP_VALID | ((tmp >> DART_PAGE_SHIFT) &
 					 DARTMAP_RPNMASK);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 97eae3871868..f96a5857bbfd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ struct save_area * __init save_area_alloc(bool is_boot_cpu)
 	struct save_area *sa;
 
 	sa = (void *) memblock_phys_alloc(sizeof(*sa), 8);
+	if (!sa)
+		panic("Failed to allocate save area\n");
+
 	if (is_boot_cpu)
 		list_add(&sa->list, &dump_save_areas);
 	else
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 12934e8fbb91..d7920f3e76c6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ static void __init setup_randomness(void)
 
 	vmms = (struct sysinfo_3_2_2 *) memblock_phys_alloc(PAGE_SIZE,
 							    PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!vmms)
+		panic("Failed to allocate memory for sysinfo structure\n");
+
 	if (stsi(vmms, 3, 2, 2) == 0 && vmms->count)
 		add_device_randomness(&vmms->vm, sizeof(vmms->vm[0]) * vmms->count);
 	memblock_free((unsigned long) vmms, PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c
index 97774424fbee..8301a4378f50 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/mach-ap325rxa/setup.c
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ static void __init ap325rxa_mv_mem_reserve(void)
 	phys_addr_t size = CEU_BUFFER_MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c
index d329bf3be487..34e5414c5563 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c
@@ -1477,11 +1477,17 @@ static void __init ecovec_mv_mem_reserve(void)
 	phys_addr_t size = CEU_BUFFER_MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU0 memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 	ceu0_dma_membase = phys;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU1 memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 	ceu1_dma_membase = phys;
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c
index 5c258ae9c43a..1cf9a47ac90e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ static void __init kfr2r09_mv_mem_reserve(void)
 	phys_addr_t size = CEU_BUFFER_MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c
index 193d91bb84bf..90702740f207 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/mach-migor/setup.c
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ static void __init migor_mv_mem_reserve(void)
 	phys_addr_t size = CEU_BUFFER_MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c b/arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c
index 5c7aa37bfd86..3674064816c7 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7724/setup.c
@@ -964,11 +964,17 @@ static void __init ms7724se_mv_mem_reserve(void)
 	phys_addr_t size = CEU_BUFFER_MEMORY_SIZE;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU0 memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 	ceu0_dma_membase = phys;
 
 	phys = memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!phys)
+		panic("Failed to allocate CEU1 memory\n");
+
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);
 	ceu1_dma_membase = phys;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/kasan_init.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/kasan_init.c
index 48dbb03f4f6f..4852848a0c28 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/kasan_init.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/kasan_init.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ static void __init populate(void *start, void *end)
 			phys_addr_t phys =
 				memblock_phys_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
+			if (!phys)
+				panic("Failed to allocate page table page\n");
+
 			set_pte(pte + j, pfn_pte(PHYS_PFN(phys), PAGE_KERNEL));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 251cd66b151b..7caecb42bfea 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -330,7 +330,12 @@ phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc_range(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align,
 phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc_nid(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, int nid);
 phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, int nid);
 
-phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align);
+static inline phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t size,
+					      phys_addr_t align)
+{
+	return memblock_phys_alloc_range(size, align, 0,
+					 MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE);
+}
 
 void *memblock_alloc_try_nid_raw(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align,
 				 phys_addr_t min_addr, phys_addr_t max_addr,
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index ac57bd3082bb..d0b76bb7340d 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1325,11 +1325,6 @@ phys_addr_t __init memblock_alloc_base(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, phys
 	return alloc;
 }
 
-phys_addr_t __init memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align)
-{
-	return memblock_alloc_base(size, align, MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE);
-}
-
 phys_addr_t __init memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, int nid)
 {
 	phys_addr_t res = memblock_phys_alloc_nid(size, align, nid);