diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
index 6e65ff12d5c7..8fe21f868f72 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
@@ -226,32 +226,6 @@ static void __init node_mem_init(unsigned int node)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA
 
-/*
- * Sanity check to catch more bad NUMA configurations (they are amazingly
- * common).  Make sure the nodes cover all memory.
- */
-static bool __init numa_meminfo_cover_memory(const struct numa_meminfo *mi)
-{
-	int i;
-	u64 numaram, biosram;
-
-	numaram = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < mi->nr_blks; i++) {
-		u64 s = mi->blk[i].start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		u64 e = mi->blk[i].end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-		numaram += e - s;
-		numaram -= __absent_pages_in_range(mi->blk[i].nid, s, e);
-		if ((s64)numaram < 0)
-			numaram = 0;
-	}
-	max_pfn = max_low_pfn;
-	biosram = max_pfn - absent_pages_in_range(0, max_pfn);
-
-	BUG_ON((s64)(biosram - numaram) >= (1 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)));
-	return true;
-}
-
 static void __init add_node_intersection(u32 node, u64 start, u64 size, u32 type)
 {
 	static unsigned long num_physpages;
@@ -396,7 +370,7 @@ int __init init_numa_memory(void)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	init_node_memblock();
-	if (numa_meminfo_cover_memory(&numa_meminfo) == false)
+	if (!memblock_validate_numa_coverage(SZ_1M))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for_each_node_mask(node, node_possible_map) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
index b29ceb19e46e..adc497b93f03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
@@ -449,37 +449,6 @@ int __node_distance(int from, int to)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__node_distance);
 
-/*
- * Sanity check to catch more bad NUMA configurations (they are amazingly
- * common).  Make sure the nodes cover all memory.
- */
-static bool __init numa_meminfo_cover_memory(const struct numa_meminfo *mi)
-{
-	u64 numaram, e820ram;
-	int i;
-
-	numaram = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < mi->nr_blks; i++) {
-		u64 s = mi->blk[i].start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		u64 e = mi->blk[i].end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		numaram += e - s;
-		numaram -= __absent_pages_in_range(mi->blk[i].nid, s, e);
-		if ((s64)numaram < 0)
-			numaram = 0;
-	}
-
-	e820ram = max_pfn - absent_pages_in_range(0, max_pfn);
-
-	/* We seem to lose 3 pages somewhere. Allow 1M of slack. */
-	if ((s64)(e820ram - numaram) >= (1 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT))) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "NUMA: nodes only cover %LuMB of your %LuMB e820 RAM. Not used.\n",
-		       (numaram << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 20,
-		       (e820ram << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 20);
-		return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
 /*
  * Mark all currently memblock-reserved physical memory (which covers the
  * kernel's own memory ranges) as hot-unswappable.
@@ -585,7 +554,8 @@ static int __init numa_register_memblks(struct numa_meminfo *mi)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!numa_meminfo_cover_memory(mi))
+
+	if (!memblock_validate_numa_coverage(SZ_1M))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Finally register nodes. */
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index ae3bde302f70..b695f9e946da 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int memblock_physmem_add(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
 void memblock_trim_memory(phys_addr_t align);
 bool memblock_overlaps_region(struct memblock_type *type,
 			      phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
+bool memblock_validate_numa_coverage(unsigned long threshold_bytes);
 int memblock_mark_hotplug(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
 int memblock_clear_hotplug(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
 int memblock_mark_mirror(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 5a88d6d24d79..4a62f7774b65 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -734,6 +734,40 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_add(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 	return memblock_add_range(&memblock.memory, base, size, MAX_NUMNODES, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * memblock_validate_numa_coverage - check if amount of memory with
+ * no node ID assigned is less than a threshold
+ * @threshold_bytes: maximal number of pages that can have unassigned node
+ * ID (in bytes).
+ *
+ * A buggy firmware may report memory that does not belong to any node.
+ * Check if amount of such memory is below @threshold_bytes.
+ *
+ * Return: true on success, false on failure.
+ */
+bool __init_memblock memblock_validate_numa_coverage(unsigned long threshold_bytes)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
+	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn, mem_size_mb;
+	int nid, i;
+
+	/* calculate lose page */
+	for_each_mem_pfn_range(i, MAX_NUMNODES, &start_pfn, &end_pfn, &nid) {
+		if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
+			nr_pages += end_pfn - start_pfn;
+	}
+
+	if ((nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) >= threshold_bytes) {
+		mem_size_mb = memblock_phys_mem_size() >> 20;
+		pr_err("NUMA: no nodes coverage for %luMB of %luMB RAM\n",
+		       (nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 20, mem_size_mb);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * memblock_isolate_range - isolate given range into disjoint memblocks
  * @type: memblock type to isolate range for