diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 9aec41fa80ae..ad722f1208a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ phys_addr_t __init arm_memblock_steal(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align)
 
 	BUG_ON(!arm_memblock_steal_permitted);
 
-	phys = memblock_alloc(size, align);
+	phys = memblock_alloc_base(size, align, MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE);
 	memblock_free(phys, size);
 	memblock_remove(phys, size);