diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index d208abc0b473..9193ba3a006b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu, cpu_devices);
  * also add "System RAM" regions for compatibility with other
  * archs, and the rest of the known regions for completeness.
  */
+static struct resource kimage_res = { .name = "Kernel image", };
 static struct resource code_res = { .name = "Kernel code", };
 static struct resource data_res = { .name = "Kernel data", };
 static struct resource rodata_res = { .name = "Kernel rodata", };
@@ -80,56 +81,16 @@ static int __init add_resource(struct resource *parent,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int __init add_kernel_resources(struct resource *res)
+static int __init add_kernel_resources(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * The memory region of the kernel image is continuous and
-	 * was reserved on setup_bootmem, find it here and register
-	 * it as a resource, then register the various segments of
-	 * the image as child nodes
+	 * was reserved on setup_bootmem, register it here as a
+	 * resource, with the various segments of the image as
+	 * child nodes.
 	 */
-	if (!(res->start <= code_res.start && res->end >= data_res.end))
-		return 0;
-
-	res->name = "Kernel image";
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-
-	/*
-	 * We removed a part of this region on setup_bootmem so
-	 * we need to expand the resource for the bss to fit in.
-	 */
-	res->end = bss_res.end;
-
-	ret = add_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = add_resource(res, &code_res);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = add_resource(res, &rodata_res);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = add_resource(res, &data_res);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = add_resource(res, &bss_res);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void __init init_resources(void)
-{
-	struct memblock_region *region = NULL;
-	struct resource *res = NULL;
-	struct resource *mem_res = NULL;
-	size_t mem_res_sz = 0;
-	int ret = 0, i = 0;
 
 	code_res.start = __pa_symbol(_text);
 	code_res.end = __pa_symbol(_etext) - 1;
@@ -147,35 +108,73 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 	bss_res.end = __pa_symbol(__bss_stop) - 1;
 	bss_res.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
-	mem_res_sz = (memblock.memory.cnt + memblock.reserved.cnt) * sizeof(*mem_res);
+	kimage_res.start = code_res.start;
+	kimage_res.end = bss_res.end;
+	kimage_res.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+
+	ret = add_resource(&iomem_resource, &kimage_res);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_resource(&kimage_res, &code_res);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_resource(&kimage_res, &rodata_res);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_resource(&kimage_res, &data_res);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_resource(&kimage_res, &bss_res);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __init init_resources(void)
+{
+	struct memblock_region *region = NULL;
+	struct resource *res = NULL;
+	struct resource *mem_res = NULL;
+	size_t mem_res_sz = 0;
+	int num_resources = 0, res_idx = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/* + 1 as memblock_alloc() might increase memblock.reserved.cnt */
+	num_resources = memblock.memory.cnt + memblock.reserved.cnt + 1;
+	res_idx = num_resources - 1;
+
+	mem_res_sz = num_resources * sizeof(*mem_res);
 	mem_res = memblock_alloc(mem_res_sz, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
 	if (!mem_res)
 		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", __func__, mem_res_sz);
+
 	/*
 	 * Start by adding the reserved regions, if they overlap
 	 * with /memory regions, insert_resource later on will take
 	 * care of it.
 	 */
+	ret = add_kernel_resources();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+
 	for_each_reserved_mem_region(region) {
-		res = &mem_res[i++];
+		res = &mem_res[res_idx--];
 
 		res->name = "Reserved";
 		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 		res->start = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_reserved_base_pfn(region));
 		res->end = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_reserved_end_pfn(region)) - 1;
 
-		ret = add_kernel_resources(res);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto error;
-		else if (ret)
-			continue;
-
 		/*
 		 * Ignore any other reserved regions within
 		 * system memory.
 		 */
 		if (memblock_is_memory(res->start)) {
-			memblock_free((phys_addr_t) res, sizeof(struct resource));
+			/* Re-use this pre-allocated resource */
+			res_idx++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 
 	/* Add /memory regions to the resource tree */
 	for_each_mem_region(region) {
-		res = &mem_res[i++];
+		res = &mem_res[res_idx--];
 
 		if (unlikely(memblock_is_nomap(region))) {
 			res->name = "Reserved";
@@ -204,6 +203,9 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 			goto error;
 	}
 
+	/* Clean-up any unused pre-allocated resources */
+	mem_res_sz = (num_resources - res_idx + 1) * sizeof(*mem_res);
+	memblock_free((phys_addr_t) mem_res, mem_res_sz);
 	return;
 
  error: