diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
index 7a0a555b366a..06a6f264f2dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 end_pfn)
 		pr_info("Initmem setup node %d [<memory-less node>]\n", nid);
 
 	nd_pa = memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
+	if (!nd_pa)
+		panic("Cannot allocate %zu bytes for node %d data\n",
+		      nd_size, nid);
+
 	nd = __va(nd_pa);
 
 	/* report and initialize */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index ac49e4158e50..f976676004ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -788,6 +788,10 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 end_pfn)
 	int tnid;
 
 	nd_pa = memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
+	if (!nd_pa)
+		panic("Cannot allocate %zu bytes for node %d data\n",
+		      nd_size, nid);
+
 	nd = __va(nd_pa);
 
 	/* report and initialize */
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index eb785ea6757b..ac57bd3082bb 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,9 @@ phys_addr_t __init memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t ali
 
 	if (res)
 		return res;
-	return memblock_alloc_base(size, align, MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE);
+	return memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, align, 0,
+					MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE,
+					NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE);
 }
 
 /**