diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 85cbd3cd3723..070ee4a3b225 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -333,11 +333,20 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type,
 					      req_type & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
 	}
 
-	is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
-	if (is_range_ram == 1)
-		return reserve_ram_pages_type(start, end, req_type, new_type);
-	else if (is_range_ram < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * For legacy reasons, some parts of the physical address range in the
+	 * legacy 1MB region is treated as non-RAM (even when listed as RAM in
+	 * the e820 tables).  So we will track the memory attributes of this
+	 * legacy 1MB region using the linear memtype_list always.
+	 */
+	if (end >= ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
+		is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
+		if (is_range_ram == 1)
+			return reserve_ram_pages_type(start, end, req_type,
+						      new_type);
+		else if (is_range_ram < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	new  = kmalloc(sizeof(struct memtype), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
@@ -437,11 +446,19 @@ int free_memtype(u64 start, u64 end)
 	if (is_ISA_range(start, end - 1))
 		return 0;
 
-	is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
-	if (is_range_ram == 1)
-		return free_ram_pages_type(start, end);
-	else if (is_range_ram < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * For legacy reasons, some parts of the physical address range in the
+	 * legacy 1MB region is treated as non-RAM (even when listed as RAM in
+	 * the e820 tables).  So we will track the memory attributes of this
+	 * legacy 1MB region using the linear memtype_list always.
+	 */
+	if (end >= ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
+		is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
+		if (is_range_ram == 1)
+			return free_ram_pages_type(start, end);
+		else if (is_range_ram < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&memtype_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(entry, &memtype_list, nd) {