diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 1a6e08f3298f..246eeea40ece 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/suspend.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
@@ -276,6 +277,28 @@ void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
 	init_bootmem_done = 1;
 }
 
+/* mark pages that don't exist as nosave */
+static int __init mark_nonram_nosave(void)
+{
+	unsigned long lmb_next_region_start_pfn,
+		      lmb_region_max_pfn;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lmb.memory.cnt - 1; i++) {
+		lmb_region_max_pfn =
+			(lmb.memory.region[i].base >> PAGE_SHIFT) +
+			(lmb.memory.region[i].size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		lmb_next_region_start_pfn =
+			lmb.memory.region[i+1].base >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+		if (lmb_region_max_pfn < lmb_next_region_start_pfn)
+			register_nosave_region(lmb_region_max_pfn,
+					       lmb_next_region_start_pfn);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * paging_init() sets up the page tables - in fact we've already done this.
  */
@@ -307,6 +330,8 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = top_of_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 #endif
 	free_area_init_nodes(max_zone_pfns);
+
+	mark_nonram_nosave();
 }
 #endif /* ! CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES */