diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index eeecc9c8ed68..9fa027b39156 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -297,6 +297,16 @@ static void __init map_mem(void)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *reg;
 
+	/*
+	 * Temporarily limit the memblock range. We need to do this as
+	 * create_mapping requires puds, pmds and ptes to be allocated from
+	 * memory addressable from the initial direct kernel mapping.
+	 *
+	 * The initial direct kernel mapping, located at swapper_pg_dir,
+	 * gives us PGDIR_SIZE memory starting from PHYS_OFFSET (aligned).
+	 */
+	memblock_set_current_limit((PHYS_OFFSET & PGDIR_MASK) + PGDIR_SIZE);
+
 	/* map all the memory banks */
 	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
 		phys_addr_t start = reg->base;
@@ -307,6 +317,9 @@ static void __init map_mem(void)
 
 		create_mapping(start, __phys_to_virt(start), end - start);
 	}
+
+	/* Limit no longer required. */
+	memblock_set_current_limit(MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -317,12 +330,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 {
 	void *zero_page;
 
-	/*
-	 * Maximum PGDIR_SIZE addressable via the initial direct kernel
-	 * mapping in swapper_pg_dir.
-	 */
-	memblock_set_current_limit((PHYS_OFFSET & PGDIR_MASK) + PGDIR_SIZE);
-
 	init_mem_pgprot();
 	map_mem();