diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 836eb71ea3eabdb71bafc07432af6ff373cd8a51..22e48b0f57ad769218caad221f22ad3a99370e08 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -500,15 +500,19 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_double_array(struct memblock_type *type,
 /**
  * memblock_merge_regions - merge neighboring compatible regions
  * @type: memblock type to scan
- *
- * Scan @type and merge neighboring compatible regions.
+ * @start_rgn: start scanning from (@start_rgn - 1)
+ * @end_rgn: end scanning at (@end_rgn - 1)
+ * Scan @type and merge neighboring compatible regions in [@start_rgn - 1, @end_rgn)
  */
-static void __init_memblock memblock_merge_regions(struct memblock_type *type)
+static void __init_memblock memblock_merge_regions(struct memblock_type *type,
+						   unsigned long start_rgn,
+						   unsigned long end_rgn)
 {
 	int i = 0;
-
-	/* cnt never goes below 1 */
-	while (i < type->cnt - 1) {
+	if (start_rgn)
+		i = start_rgn - 1;
+	end_rgn = min(end_rgn, type->cnt - 1);
+	while (i < end_rgn) {
 		struct memblock_region *this = &type->regions[i];
 		struct memblock_region *next = &type->regions[i + 1];
 
@@ -525,6 +529,7 @@ static void __init_memblock memblock_merge_regions(struct memblock_type *type)
 		/* move forward from next + 1, index of which is i + 2 */
 		memmove(next, next + 1, (type->cnt - (i + 2)) * sizeof(*next));
 		type->cnt--;
+		end_rgn--;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -581,7 +586,7 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_add_range(struct memblock_type *type,
 	bool insert = false;
 	phys_addr_t obase = base;
 	phys_addr_t end = base + memblock_cap_size(base, &size);
-	int idx, nr_new;
+	int idx, nr_new, start_rgn = -1, end_rgn;
 	struct memblock_region *rgn;
 
 	if (!size)
@@ -635,10 +640,14 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_add_range(struct memblock_type *type,
 #endif
 			WARN_ON(flags != rgn->flags);
 			nr_new++;
-			if (insert)
+			if (insert) {
+				if (start_rgn == -1)
+					start_rgn = idx;
+				end_rgn = idx + 1;
 				memblock_insert_region(type, idx++, base,
 						       rbase - base, nid,
 						       flags);
+			}
 		}
 		/* area below @rend is dealt with, forget about it */
 		base = min(rend, end);
@@ -647,9 +656,13 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_add_range(struct memblock_type *type,
 	/* insert the remaining portion */
 	if (base < end) {
 		nr_new++;
-		if (insert)
+		if (insert) {
+			if (start_rgn == -1)
+				start_rgn = idx;
+			end_rgn = idx + 1;
 			memblock_insert_region(type, idx, base, end - base,
 					       nid, flags);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!nr_new)
@@ -666,7 +679,7 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_add_range(struct memblock_type *type,
 		insert = true;
 		goto repeat;
 	} else {
-		memblock_merge_regions(type);
+		memblock_merge_regions(type, start_rgn, end_rgn);
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -902,7 +915,7 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_setclr_flag(phys_addr_t base,
 			r->flags &= ~flag;
 	}
 
-	memblock_merge_regions(type);
+	memblock_merge_regions(type, start_rgn, end_rgn);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1275,7 +1288,7 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_set_node(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size,
 	for (i = start_rgn; i < end_rgn; i++)
 		memblock_set_region_node(&type->regions[i], nid);
 
-	memblock_merge_regions(type);
+	memblock_merge_regions(type, start_rgn, end_rgn);
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }