--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump-internal.h~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump-internal.h
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 
 #define memblock_num_regions(memblock_type)	(memblock.memblock_type.cnt)
 
-/* Alignment per CMA requirement. */
-#define FADUMP_CMA_ALIGNMENT	(PAGE_SIZE <<				\
-				 max_t(unsigned long, MAX_ORDER - 1,	\
-				 pageblock_order))
-
 /* FAD commands */
 #define FADUMP_REGISTER			1
 #define FADUMP_UNREGISTER		2
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
 		if (!fw_dump.nocma) {
 			fw_dump.boot_memory_size =
 				ALIGN(fw_dump.boot_memory_size,
-				      FADUMP_CMA_ALIGNMENT);
+				      CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
 		}
 #endif
 
--- a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
+#include <linux/cma.h>
 
 #include "of_private.h"
 
@@ -116,12 +117,8 @@ static int __init __reserved_mem_alloc_s
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMA)
 	    && of_flat_dt_is_compatible(node, "shared-dma-pool")
 	    && of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reusable", NULL)
-	    && !nomap) {
-		unsigned long order =
-			max_t(unsigned long, MAX_ORDER - 1, pageblock_order);
-
-		align = max(align, (phys_addr_t)PAGE_SIZE << order);
-	}
+	    && !nomap)
+		align = max_t(phys_addr_t, align, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
 
 	prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "alloc-ranges", &len);
 	if (prop) {
--- a/include/linux/cma.h~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/include/linux/cma.h
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 
 #define CMA_MAX_NAME 64
 
+/*
+ * TODO: once the buddy -- especially pageblock merging and alloc_contig_range()
+ * -- can deal with only some pageblocks of a higher-order page being
+ *  MIGRATE_CMA, we can use pageblock_nr_pages.
+ */
+#define CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_PAGES max_t(phys_addr_t, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES, \
+				      pageblock_nr_pages)
+#define CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES (PAGE_SIZE * CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_PAGES)
+
 struct cma;
 
 extern unsigned long totalcma_pages;
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -399,8 +399,6 @@ static const struct reserved_mem_ops rme
 
 static int __init rmem_cma_setup(struct reserved_mem *rmem)
 {
-	phys_addr_t align = PAGE_SIZE << max(MAX_ORDER - 1, pageblock_order);
-	phys_addr_t mask = align - 1;
 	unsigned long node = rmem->fdt_node;
 	bool default_cma = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,cma-default", NULL);
 	struct cma *cma;
@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ static int __init rmem_cma_setup(struct
 	    of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "no-map", NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((rmem->base & mask) || (rmem->size & mask)) {
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(rmem->base | rmem->size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES)) {
 		pr_err("Reserved memory: incorrect alignment of CMA region\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
--- a/mm/cma.c~cma-factor-out-minimum-alignment-requirement
+++ a/mm/cma.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ int __init cma_init_reserved_mem(phys_ad
 				 struct cma **res_cma)
 {
 	struct cma *cma;
-	phys_addr_t alignment;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	if (cma_area_count == ARRAY_SIZE(cma_areas)) {
@@ -179,15 +178,12 @@ int __init cma_init_reserved_mem(phys_ad
 	if (!size || !memblock_is_region_reserved(base, size))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* ensure minimal alignment required by mm core */
-	alignment = PAGE_SIZE <<
-			max_t(unsigned long, MAX_ORDER - 1, pageblock_order);
-
 	/* alignment should be aligned with order_per_bit */
-	if (!IS_ALIGNED(alignment >> PAGE_SHIFT, 1 << order_per_bit))
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_PAGES, 1 << order_per_bit))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ALIGN(base, alignment) != base || ALIGN(size, alignment) != size)
+	/* ensure minimal alignment required by mm core */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(base | size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -262,14 +258,8 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_nid(ph
 	if (alignment && !is_power_of_2(alignment))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Sanitise input arguments.
-	 * Pages both ends in CMA area could be merged into adjacent unmovable
-	 * migratetype page by page allocator's buddy algorithm. In the case,
-	 * you couldn't get a contiguous memory, which is not what we want.
-	 */
-	alignment = max(alignment,  (phys_addr_t)PAGE_SIZE <<
-			  max_t(unsigned long, MAX_ORDER - 1, pageblock_order));
+	/* Sanitise input arguments. */
+	alignment = max_t(phys_addr_t, alignment, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES);
 	if (fixed && base & (alignment - 1)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		pr_err("Region at %pa must be aligned to %pa bytes\n",
