diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index 324fe08ea3b1..6d6795d46a75 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ extern void *__alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 				  unsigned long size,
 				  unsigned long align,
 				  unsigned long goal);
+void *___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
+				  unsigned long size,
+				  unsigned long align,
+				  unsigned long goal,
+				  unsigned long limit);
 extern void *__alloc_bootmem_low(unsigned long size,
 				 unsigned long align,
 				 unsigned long goal);
diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index ec4fcb7a56c8..73096630cb35 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	return ___alloc_bootmem(size, align, goal, limit);
 }
 
-static void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
+void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 				unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 				unsigned long goal, unsigned long limit)
 {
diff --git a/mm/nobootmem.c b/mm/nobootmem.c
index d23415c001bc..0900b3910cda 100644
--- a/mm/nobootmem.c
+++ b/mm/nobootmem.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	return ___alloc_bootmem(size, align, goal, limit);
 }
 
-static void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
+void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 						   unsigned long size,
 						   unsigned long align,
 						   unsigned long goal,
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e861397016a9..c7bb952400c8 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -275,8 +275,9 @@ static unsigned long * __init
 sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 					 unsigned long size)
 {
-	pg_data_t *host_pgdat;
-	unsigned long goal;
+	unsigned long goal, limit;
+	unsigned long *p;
+	int nid;
 	/*
 	 * A page may contain usemaps for other sections preventing the
 	 * page being freed and making a section unremovable while
@@ -288,9 +289,16 @@ sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 	 * this problem.
 	 */
 	goal = __pa(pgdat) & (PAGE_SECTION_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	host_pgdat = NODE_DATA(early_pfn_to_nid(goal >> PAGE_SHIFT));
-	return __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(host_pgdat, size,
-					    SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal);
+	limit = goal + (1UL << PA_SECTION_SHIFT);
+	nid = early_pfn_to_nid(goal >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+again:
+	p = ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(NODE_DATA(nid), size,
+					  SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal, limit);
+	if (!p && limit) {
+		limit = 0;
+		goto again;
+	}
+	return p;
 }
 
 static void __init check_usemap_section_nr(int nid, unsigned long *usemap)