diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 0aa0d2b07624..6d2f219a48b0 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_free(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 		     (unsigned long long)base + size - 1,
 		     (void *)_RET_IP_);
 
+	kmemleak_free_part(__va(base), size);
 	return memblock_remove_range(&memblock.reserved, base, size);
 }
 
@@ -1043,9 +1044,14 @@ static phys_addr_t __init memblock_alloc_range_nid(phys_addr_t size,
 		align = SMP_CACHE_BYTES;
 
 	found = memblock_find_in_range_node(size, align, start, end, nid);
-	if (found && !memblock_reserve(found, size))
+	if (found && !memblock_reserve(found, size)) {
+		/*
+		 * The min_count is set to 0 so that memblock allocations are
+		 * never reported as leaks.
+		 */
+		kmemleak_alloc(__va(found), size, 0, 0);
 		return found;
-
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/nobootmem.c b/mm/nobootmem.c
index 04a9d94333a5..7ed58602e71b 100644
--- a/mm/nobootmem.c
+++ b/mm/nobootmem.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem(void)
 void __init free_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
 			      unsigned long size)
 {
-	kmemleak_free_part(__va(physaddr), size);
 	memblock_free(physaddr, size);
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ void __init free_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
  */
 void __init free_bootmem(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	kmemleak_free_part(__va(addr), size);
 	memblock_free(addr, size);
 }