diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c
index 62450d824c3c..9291a2661bdf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c
@@ -55,16 +55,17 @@ static uint64_t get_val(const fdt32_t *cells, uint32_t ncells)
  * DTB, and, if out-of-range, replace it by the real start address.
  * To preserve backwards compatibility (systems reserving a block of memory
  * at the start of physical memory, kdump, ...), the traditional method is
- * always used if it yields a valid address.
+ * used if it yields a valid address, unless the "linux,usable-memory-range"
+ * property is present.
  *
  * Return value: start address of physical memory to use
  */
 uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
 {
-	uint32_t addr_cells, size_cells, base;
+	uint32_t addr_cells, size_cells, usable_base, base;
 	uint32_t fdt_mem_start = 0xffffffff;
-	const fdt32_t *reg, *endp;
-	uint64_t size, end;
+	const fdt32_t *usable, *reg, *endp;
+	uint64_t size, usable_end, end;
 	const char *type;
 	int offset, len;
 
@@ -80,6 +81,27 @@ uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
 	if (addr_cells > 2 || size_cells > 2)
 		return mem_start;
 
+	/*
+	 * Usable memory in case of a crash dump kernel
+	 * This property describes a limitation: memory within this range is
+	 * only valid when also described through another mechanism
+	 */
+	usable = get_prop(fdt, "/chosen", "linux,usable-memory-range",
+			  (addr_cells + size_cells) * sizeof(fdt32_t));
+	if (usable) {
+		size = get_val(usable + addr_cells, size_cells);
+		if (!size)
+			return mem_start;
+
+		if (addr_cells > 1 && fdt32_ld(usable)) {
+			/* Outside 32-bit address space */
+			return mem_start;
+		}
+
+		usable_base = fdt32_ld(usable + addr_cells - 1);
+		usable_end = usable_base + size;
+	}
+
 	/* Walk all memory nodes and regions */
 	for (offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, -1, NULL); offset >= 0;
 	     offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, NULL)) {
@@ -107,7 +129,20 @@ uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
 
 			base = fdt32_ld(reg + addr_cells - 1);
 			end = base + size;
-			if (mem_start >= base && mem_start < end) {
+			if (usable) {
+				/*
+				 * Clip to usable range, which takes precedence
+				 * over mem_start
+				 */
+				if (base < usable_base)
+					base = usable_base;
+
+				if (end > usable_end)
+					end = usable_end;
+
+				if (end <= base)
+					continue;
+			} else if (mem_start >= base && mem_start < end) {
 				/* Calculated address is valid, use it */
 				return mem_start;
 			}
@@ -123,7 +158,8 @@ uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * The calculated address is not usable.
+	 * The calculated address is not usable, or was overridden by the
+	 * "linux,usable-memory-range" property.
 	 * Use the lowest usable physical memory address from the DTB instead,
 	 * and make sure this is a multiple of 2 MiB for phys/virt patching.
 	 */