diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index 20c4f6f40037..0ba69cd16aeb 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -336,6 +336,23 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t base,
 			limit = highmem_start;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * If there is enough memory, try a bottom-up allocation first.
+		 * It will place the new cma area close to the start of the node
+		 * and guarantee that the compaction is moving pages out of the
+		 * cma area and not into it.
+		 * Avoid using first 4GB to not interfere with constrained zones
+		 * like DMA/DMA32.
+		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
+		if (!memblock_bottom_up() && memblock_end >= SZ_4G + size) {
+			memblock_set_bottom_up(true);
+			addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment, SZ_4G,
+							limit, nid, true);
+			memblock_set_bottom_up(false);
+		}
+#endif
+
 		if (!addr) {
 			addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment, base,
 					limit, nid, true);