--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -58,8 +58,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memstart_addr);
  * unless restricted on specific platforms (e.g. 30-bit on Raspberry Pi 4).
  * In such case, ZONE_DMA32 covers the rest of the 32-bit addressable memory,
  * otherwise it is empty.
+ *
+ * Memory reservation for crash kernel either done early or deferred
+ * depending on DMA memory zones configs (ZONE_DMA) --
+ *
+ * In absence of ZONE_DMA configs arm64_dma_phys_limit initialized
+ * here instead of max_zone_phys().  This lets early reservation of
+ * crash kernel memory which has a dependency on arm64_dma_phys_limit.
+ * Reserving memory early for crash kernel allows linear creation of block
+ * mappings (greater than page-granularity) for all the memory bank rangs.
+ * In this scheme a comparatively quicker boot is observed.
+ *
+ * If ZONE_DMA configs are defined, crash kernel memory reservation
+ * is delayed until DMA zone memory range size initilazation performed in
+ * zone_sizes_init().  The defer is necessary to steer clear of DMA zone
+ * memory range to avoid overlap allocation.  So crash kernel memory boundaries
+ * are not known when mapping all bank memory ranges, which otherwise means
+ * not possible to exclude crash kernel range from creating block mappings
+ * so page-granularity mappings are created for the entire memory range.
+ * Hence a slightly slower boot is observed.
+ *
+ * Note: Page-granularity mapppings are necessary for crash kernel memory
+ * range for shrinking its size via /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size interface.
  */
-phys_addr_t arm64_dma_phys_limit __ro_after_init;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32)
+phys_addr_t __ro_after_init arm64_dma_phys_limit;
+#else
+phys_addr_t __ro_after_init arm64_dma_phys_limit = PHYS_MASK + 1;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
 /*
@@ -210,8 +236,6 @@ static void __init zone_sizes_init(unsig
 	if (!arm64_dma_phys_limit)
 		arm64_dma_phys_limit = dma32_phys_limit;
 #endif
-	if (!arm64_dma_phys_limit)
-		arm64_dma_phys_limit = PHYS_MASK + 1;
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max;
 
 	free_area_init(max_zone_pfns);
@@ -407,6 +431,9 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
 
 	reserve_elfcorehdr();
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32))
+		reserve_crashkernel();
+
 	high_memory = __va(memblock_end_of_DRAM() - 1) + 1;
 }
 
@@ -451,7 +478,8 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
 	 * request_standard_resources() depends on crashkernel's memory being
 	 * reserved, so do it here.
 	 */
-	reserve_crashkernel();
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32))
+		reserve_crashkernel();
 
 	memblock_dump_all();
 }
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
 	int flags = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
-	if (rodata_full || crash_mem_map || debug_pagealloc_enabled())
+	if (rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled())
 		flags = NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
 
 	/*
@@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
 	 */
 	memblock_mark_nomap(kernel_start, kernel_end - kernel_start);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
+	if (crash_mem_map) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) ||
+		    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32))
+			flags |= NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
+		else if (crashk_res.end)
+			memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_res.start,
+					    resource_size(&crashk_res));
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* map all the memory banks */
 	for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
 		if (start >= end)
@@ -538,6 +549,25 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
 	__map_memblock(pgdp, kernel_start, kernel_end,
 		       PAGE_KERNEL, NO_CONT_MAPPINGS);
 	memblock_clear_nomap(kernel_start, kernel_end - kernel_start);
+
+	/*
+	 * Use page-level mappings here so that we can shrink the region
+	 * in page granularity and put back unused memory to buddy system
+	 * through /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size interface.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
+	if (crash_mem_map &&
+	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32)) {
+		if (crashk_res.end) {
+			__map_memblock(pgdp, crashk_res.start,
+				       crashk_res.end + 1,
+				       PAGE_KERNEL,
+				       NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS);
+			memblock_clear_nomap(crashk_res.start,
+					     resource_size(&crashk_res));
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
