diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 14f5cfabbbc8..db7fe25f3370 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ extern int
 walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 		    int (*func)(struct resource *, void *));
 extern int
+walk_system_ram_res_rev(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
+			int (*func)(struct resource *, void *));
+extern int
 walk_iomem_res_desc(unsigned long desc, unsigned long flags, u64 start, u64 end,
 		    void *arg, int (*func)(struct resource *, void *));
 
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 866ef3663a0b..e8a244300e5b 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/resource_ext.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
 
@@ -429,6 +431,61 @@ int walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 				     func);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function, being a variant of walk_system_ram_res(), calls the @func
+ * callback against all memory ranges of type System RAM which are marked as
+ * IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM and IORESOUCE_BUSY in reversed order, i.e., from
+ * higher to lower.
+ */
+int walk_system_ram_res_rev(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
+				int (*func)(struct resource *, void *))
+{
+	struct resource res, *rams;
+	int rams_size = 16, i;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	/* create a list */
+	rams = kvcalloc(rams_size, sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rams)
+		return ret;
+
+	flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	i = 0;
+	while ((start < end) &&
+		(!find_next_iomem_res(start, end, flags, IORES_DESC_NONE, &res))) {
+		if (i >= rams_size) {
+			/* re-alloc */
+			struct resource *rams_new;
+
+			rams_new = kvrealloc(rams, rams_size * sizeof(struct resource),
+					     (rams_size + 16) * sizeof(struct resource),
+					     GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!rams_new)
+				goto out;
+
+			rams = rams_new;
+			rams_size += 16;
+		}
+
+		rams[i].start = res.start;
+		rams[i++].end = res.end;
+
+		start = res.end + 1;
+	}
+
+	/* go reverse */
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
+		ret = (*func)(&rams[i], arg);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	kvfree(rams);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function calls the @func callback against all memory ranges, which
  * are ranges marked as IORESOURCE_MEM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.