diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 8b6560dc7a9e..7df557b16c1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
  * @MEMBLOCK_NOMAP: don't add to kernel direct mapping and treat as
  * reserved in the memory map; refer to memblock_mark_nomap() description
  * for further details
+ * @MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED: memory region that is always detected and added
+ * via a driver, and never indicated in the firmware-provided memory map as
+ * system RAM. This corresponds to IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED in the
+ * kernel resource tree.
  */
 enum memblock_flags {
 	MEMBLOCK_NONE		= 0x0,	/* No special request */
 	MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG	= 0x1,	/* hotpluggable region */
 	MEMBLOCK_MIRROR		= 0x2,	/* mirrored region */
 	MEMBLOCK_NOMAP		= 0x4,	/* don't add to kernel direct mapping */
+	MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED = 0x8,	/* always detected via a driver */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -213,7 +218,8 @@ static inline void __next_physmem_range(u64 *idx, struct memblock_type *type,
  */
 #define for_each_mem_range(i, p_start, p_end) \
 	__for_each_mem_range(i, &memblock.memory, NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE,	\
-			     MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG, p_start, p_end, NULL)
+			     MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG | MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED, \
+			     p_start, p_end, NULL)
 
 /**
  * for_each_mem_range_rev - reverse iterate through memblock areas from
@@ -224,7 +230,8 @@ static inline void __next_physmem_range(u64 *idx, struct memblock_type *type,
  */
 #define for_each_mem_range_rev(i, p_start, p_end)			\
 	__for_each_mem_range_rev(i, &memblock.memory, NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE, \
-				 MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG, p_start, p_end, NULL)
+				 MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG | MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED,\
+				 p_start, p_end, NULL)
 
 /**
  * for_each_reserved_mem_range - iterate over all reserved memblock areas
@@ -254,6 +261,11 @@ static inline bool memblock_is_nomap(struct memblock_region *m)
 	return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP;
 }
 
+static inline bool memblock_is_driver_managed(struct memblock_region *m)
+{
+	return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED;
+}
+
 int memblock_search_pfn_nid(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long *start_pfn,
 			    unsigned long  *end_pfn);
 void __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid, unsigned long *out_start_pfn,
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 33400ff051a8..8347fc158d2b 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ static int kexec_walk_memblock(struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
 	if (kbuf->image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
 		return func(&crashk_res, kbuf);
 
+	/*
+	 * Using MEMBLOCK_NONE will properly skip MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED. See
+	 * IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED handling in
+	 * locate_mem_hole_callback().
+	 */
 	if (kbuf->top_down) {
 		for_each_free_mem_range_reverse(i, NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
 						&mstart, &mend, NULL) {
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 1b0cd8a52a13..659bf0ffb086 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -982,6 +982,10 @@ static bool should_skip_region(struct memblock_type *type,
 	if (!(flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP) && memblock_is_nomap(m))
 		return true;
 
+	/* skip driver-managed memory unless we were asked for it explicitly */
+	if (!(flags & MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED) && memblock_is_driver_managed(m))
+		return true;
+
 	return false;
 }