diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index a75b17b03b66..a7263aa02c92 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -321,18 +321,6 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t base,
 	} else {
 		phys_addr_t addr = 0;
 
-		/*
-		 * All pages in the reserved area must come from the same zone.
-		 * If the requested region crosses the low/high memory boundary,
-		 * try allocating from high memory first and fall back to low
-		 * memory in case of failure.
-		 */
-		if (base < highmem_start && limit > highmem_start) {
-			addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment,
-					highmem_start, limit, nid, true);
-			limit = highmem_start;
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * If there is enough memory, try a bottom-up allocation first.
 		 * It will place the new cma area close to the start of the node
@@ -350,6 +338,18 @@ int __init cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t base,
 		}
 #endif
 
+		/*
+		 * All pages in the reserved area must come from the same zone.
+		 * If the requested region crosses the low/high memory boundary,
+		 * try allocating from high memory first and fall back to low
+		 * memory in case of failure.
+		 */
+		if (!addr && base < highmem_start && limit > highmem_start) {
+			addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment,
+					highmem_start, limit, nid, true);
+			limit = highmem_start;
+		}
+
 		if (!addr) {
 			addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment, base,
 					limit, nid, true);