diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 0cdaf0b..9b6b93a 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -390,8 +390,65 @@
 		       PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION));
 	return map;
 }
+void __init sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(struct page **map_map,
+					  unsigned long pnum_begin,
+					  unsigned long pnum_end,
+					  unsigned long map_count, int nodeid)
+{
+	void *map;
+	unsigned long pnum;
+	unsigned long size = sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
+
+	map = alloc_remap(nodeid, size * map_count);
+	if (map) {
+		for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
+			if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+				continue;
+			map_map[pnum] = map;
+			map += size;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
+	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
+	map = alloc_bootmem_pages_node(NODE_DATA(nodeid), size * map_count);
+	if (map) {
+		for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
+			if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+				continue;
+			map_map[pnum] = map;
+			map += size;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* fallback */
+	for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
+		struct mem_section *ms;
+
+		if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+			continue;
+		map_map[pnum] = sparse_mem_map_populate(pnum, nodeid);
+		if (map_map[pnum])
+			continue;
+		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: sparsemem memory map backing failed "
+			"some memory will not be available.\n", __func__);
+		ms->section_mem_map = 0;
+	}
+}
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
+static void __init sparse_early_mem_maps_alloc_node(struct page **map_map,
+				 unsigned long pnum_begin,
+				 unsigned long pnum_end,
+				 unsigned long map_count, int nodeid)
+{
+	sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(map_map, pnum_begin, pnum_end,
+					 map_count, nodeid);
+}
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
 static struct page __init *sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(unsigned long pnum)
 {
 	struct page *map;
@@ -407,6 +464,7 @@
 	ms->section_mem_map = 0;
 	return NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 void __attribute__((weak)) __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
 {
@@ -420,12 +478,14 @@
 {
 	unsigned long pnum;
 	struct page *map;
+	struct page **map_map;
 	unsigned long *usemap;
 	unsigned long **usemap_map;
-	int size;
+	int size, size2;
 	int nodeid_begin = 0;
 	unsigned long pnum_begin = 0;
 	unsigned long usemap_count;
+	unsigned long map_count;
 
 	/*
 	 * map is using big page (aka 2M in x86 64 bit)
@@ -478,6 +538,48 @@
 	sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_node(usemap_map, pnum_begin, NR_MEM_SECTIONS,
 					 usemap_count, nodeid_begin);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
+	size2 = sizeof(struct page *) * NR_MEM_SECTIONS;
+	map_map = alloc_bootmem(size2);
+	if (!map_map)
+		panic("can not allocate map_map\n");
+
+	for (pnum = 0; pnum < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; pnum++) {
+		struct mem_section *ms;
+
+		if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+			continue;
+		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
+		nodeid_begin = sparse_early_nid(ms);
+		pnum_begin = pnum;
+		break;
+	}
+	map_count = 1;
+	for (pnum = pnum_begin + 1; pnum < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; pnum++) {
+		struct mem_section *ms;
+		int nodeid;
+
+		if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+			continue;
+		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
+		nodeid = sparse_early_nid(ms);
+		if (nodeid == nodeid_begin) {
+			map_count++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* ok, we need to take cake of from pnum_begin to pnum - 1*/
+		sparse_early_mem_maps_alloc_node(map_map, pnum_begin, pnum,
+						 map_count, nodeid_begin);
+		/* new start, update count etc*/
+		nodeid_begin = nodeid;
+		pnum_begin = pnum;
+		map_count = 1;
+	}
+	/* ok, last chunk */
+	sparse_early_mem_maps_alloc_node(map_map, pnum_begin, NR_MEM_SECTIONS,
+					 map_count, nodeid_begin);
+#endif
+
 	for (pnum = 0; pnum < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; pnum++) {
 		if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
 			continue;
@@ -486,7 +588,11 @@
 		if (!usemap)
 			continue;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
+		map = map_map[pnum];
+#else
 		map = sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(pnum);
+#endif
 		if (!map)
 			continue;
 
@@ -496,6 +602,9 @@
 
 	vmemmap_populate_print_last();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
+	free_bootmem(__pa(map_map), size2);
+#endif
 	free_bootmem(__pa(usemap_map), size);
 }