diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 1c7f91622d91..2ca156a5b231 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <asm/cdmm.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/debug.h>
+#include <asm/mmzone.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/smp-ops.h>
@@ -364,7 +365,10 @@ static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 	if (*p == '@')
 		start = memparse(p + 1, &p);
 
-	memblock_add(start, size);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
+		memblock_add_node(start, size, pa_to_nid(start), MEMBLOCK_NONE);
+	else
+		memblock_add(start, size);
 
 	return 0;
 }