diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
index f247e8aa5e3d..dacbdcb91a89 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t count,
 				       unsigned int order, bool no_warn);
 bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
 				 int count);
+struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
+void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size);
 
 #else
 
@@ -157,6 +159,14 @@ bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
 	return false;
 }
 
+struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline
+void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size) { }
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index b2a87905846d..21f39a6cb04f 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -214,6 +214,54 @@ bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
 	return cma_release(dev_get_cma_area(dev), pages, count);
 }
 
+/**
+ * dma_alloc_contiguous() - allocate contiguous pages
+ * @dev:   Pointer to device for which the allocation is performed.
+ * @size:  Requested allocation size.
+ * @gfp:   Allocation flags.
+ *
+ * This function allocates contiguous memory buffer for specified device. It
+ * first tries to use device specific contiguous memory area if available or
+ * the default global one, then tries a fallback allocation of normal pages.
+ */
+struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	int node = dev ? dev_to_node(dev) : NUMA_NO_NODE;
+	size_t count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	size_t align = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+	struct cma *cma = dev_get_cma_area(dev);
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+
+	/* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
+	if (cma && gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {
+		align = min_t(size_t, align, CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT);
+		page = cma_alloc(cma, count, align, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
+	}
+
+	/* Fallback allocation of normal pages */
+	if (!page)
+		page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, align);
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_free_contiguous() - release allocated pages
+ * @dev:   Pointer to device for which the pages were allocated.
+ * @page:  Pointer to the allocated pages.
+ * @size:  Size of allocated pages.
+ *
+ * This function releases memory allocated by dma_alloc_contiguous(). As the
+ * cma_release returns false when provided pages do not belong to contiguous
+ * area and true otherwise, this function then does a fallback __free_pages()
+ * upon a false-return.
+ */
+void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!cma_release(dev_get_cma_area(dev), page, size >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+		__free_pages(page, get_order(size));
+}
+
 /*
  * Support for reserved memory regions defined in device tree
  */
diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
index 2c2772e9702a..0816c1e8b05a 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ static bool dma_coherent_ok(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys, size_t size)
 struct page *__dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp, unsigned long attrs)
 {
-	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	int page_order = get_order(size);
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	u64 phys_mask;
 
@@ -109,20 +107,9 @@ struct page *__dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	gfp |= __dma_direct_optimal_gfp_mask(dev, dev->coherent_dma_mask,
 			&phys_mask);
 again:
-	/* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
-	if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {
-		page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, page_order,
-						 gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (page && !dma_coherent_ok(dev, page_to_phys(page), size)) {
-			dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, count);
-			page = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!page)
-		page = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(dev), gfp, page_order);
-
+	page = dma_alloc_contiguous(dev, size, gfp);
 	if (page && !dma_coherent_ok(dev, page_to_phys(page), size)) {
-		__free_pages(page, page_order);
+		dma_free_contiguous(dev, page, size);
 		page = NULL;
 
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32) &&
@@ -154,7 +141,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	if (PageHighMem(page)) {
 		/*
 		 * Depending on the cma= arguments and per-arch setup
-		 * dma_alloc_from_contiguous could return highmem pages.
+		 * dma_alloc_contiguous could return highmem pages.
 		 * Without remapping there is no way to return them here,
 		 * so log an error and fail.
 		 */
@@ -176,10 +163,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 
 void __dma_direct_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, struct page *page)
 {
-	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	if (!dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, count))
-		__free_pages(page, get_order(size));
+	dma_free_contiguous(dev, page, size);
 }
 
 void dma_direct_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
