diff --git a/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c b/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
index a03dc5b..a8b4105 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
 #include <xen/page.h>
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 
@@ -15,13 +16,29 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(list_lock);
 static struct page *page_list;
 static unsigned int list_count;
 
+static struct resource *target_resource;
+
+/*
+ * If arch is not happy with system "iomem_resource" being used for
+ * the region allocation it can provide it's own view by creating specific
+ * Xen resource with unused regions of guest physical address space provided
+ * by the hypervisor.
+ */
+int __weak __init arch_xen_unpopulated_init(struct resource **res)
+{
+	*res = &iomem_resource;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int fill_list(unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
 	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
-	struct resource *res;
+	struct resource *res, *tmp_res = NULL;
 	void *vaddr;
 	unsigned int i, alloc_pages = round_up(nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	struct range mhp_range;
+	int ret;
 
 	res = kzalloc(sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!res)
@@ -30,14 +47,40 @@ static int fill_list(unsigned int nr_pages)
 	res->name = "Xen scratch";
 	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
-	ret = allocate_resource(&iomem_resource, res,
-				alloc_pages * PAGE_SIZE, 0, -1,
+	mhp_range = mhp_get_pluggable_range(true);
+
+	ret = allocate_resource(target_resource, res,
+				alloc_pages * PAGE_SIZE, mhp_range.start, mhp_range.end,
 				PAGES_PER_SECTION * PAGE_SIZE, NULL, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("Cannot allocate new IOMEM resource\n");
 		goto err_resource;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Reserve the region previously allocated from Xen resource to avoid
+	 * re-using it by someone else.
+	 */
+	if (target_resource != &iomem_resource) {
+		tmp_res = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp_res), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tmp_res) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_insert;
+		}
+
+		tmp_res->name = res->name;
+		tmp_res->start = res->start;
+		tmp_res->end = res->end;
+		tmp_res->flags = res->flags;
+
+		ret = request_resource(&iomem_resource, tmp_res);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			pr_err("Cannot request resource %pR (%d)\n", tmp_res, ret);
+			kfree(tmp_res);
+			goto err_insert;
+		}
+	}
+
 	pgmap = kzalloc(sizeof(*pgmap), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pgmap) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -95,6 +138,11 @@ static int fill_list(unsigned int nr_pages)
 err_memremap:
 	kfree(pgmap);
 err_pgmap:
+	if (tmp_res) {
+		release_resource(tmp_res);
+		kfree(tmp_res);
+	}
+err_insert:
 	release_resource(res);
 err_resource:
 	kfree(res);
@@ -112,6 +160,14 @@ int xen_alloc_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
 	unsigned int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fallback to default behavior if we do not have any suitable resource
+	 * to allocate required region from and as the result we won't be able to
+	 * construct pages.
+	 */
+	if (!target_resource)
+		return xen_alloc_ballooned_pages(nr_pages, pages);
+
 	mutex_lock(&list_lock);
 	if (list_count < nr_pages) {
 		ret = fill_list(nr_pages - list_count);
@@ -159,6 +215,11 @@ void xen_free_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (!target_resource) {
+		xen_free_ballooned_pages(nr_pages, pages);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&list_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		pages[i]->zone_device_data = page_list;
@@ -201,3 +262,20 @@ static int __init init(void)
 }
 subsys_initcall(init);
 #endif
+
+static int __init unpopulated_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!xen_domain())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = arch_xen_unpopulated_init(&target_resource);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("xen:unpopulated: Cannot initialize target resource\n");
+		target_resource = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+early_initcall(unpopulated_init);
diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
index 86c5b37..a99bab8 100644
--- a/include/xen/xen.h
+++ b/include/xen/xen.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ extern u64 xen_saved_max_mem_size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC
 int xen_alloc_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
 void xen_free_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
+int arch_xen_unpopulated_init(struct resource **res);
 #else
 #include <xen/balloon.h>
 static inline int xen_alloc_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages,
