diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index d76e185..580e6b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -608,6 +608,16 @@
 early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);
 #endif
 
+static __init void reserve_ibft_region(void)
+{
+	unsigned long addr, size = 0;
+
+	addr = find_ibft_region(&size);
+
+	if (size)
+		reserve_early_overlap_ok(addr, addr + size, "ibft");
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K
 static int __init dmi_low_memory_corruption(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
 {
@@ -910,6 +920,8 @@
 	 */
 	find_smp_config();
 
+	reserve_ibft_region();
+
 	reserve_trampoline_memory();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
@@ -977,8 +989,6 @@
 
 	dma32_reserve_bootmem();
 
-	reserve_ibft_region();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK
 	kvmclock_init();
 #endif