diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
index b18ec5533e8..b8c5fc766a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ struct scatterlist;
 extern void
 swiotlb_init(void);
 
+extern void *swiotlb_alloc_boot(size_t bytes, unsigned long nslabs);
+extern void *swiotlb_alloc(unsigned order, unsigned long nslabs);
+
 extern void
 *swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
 			dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flags);
diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
index 5f6c629a924..abecb285755 100644
--- a/lib/swiotlb.c
+++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/swiotlb.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
@@ -126,6 +127,16 @@ setup_io_tlb_npages(char *str)
 __setup("swiotlb=", setup_io_tlb_npages);
 /* make io_tlb_overflow tunable too? */
 
+void * __weak swiotlb_alloc_boot(size_t size, unsigned long nslabs)
+{
+	return alloc_bootmem_low_pages(size);
+}
+
+void * __weak swiotlb_alloc(unsigned order, unsigned long nslabs)
+{
+	return (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_DMA | __GFP_NOWARN, order);
+}
+
 /*
  * Statically reserve bounce buffer space and initialize bounce buffer data
  * structures for the software IO TLB used to implement the DMA API.
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ swiotlb_init_with_default_size(size_t default_size)
 	/*
 	 * Get IO TLB memory from the low pages
 	 */
-	io_tlb_start = alloc_bootmem_low_pages(bytes);
+	io_tlb_start = swiotlb_alloc_boot(bytes, io_tlb_nslabs);
 	if (!io_tlb_start)
 		panic("Cannot allocate SWIOTLB buffer");
 	io_tlb_end = io_tlb_start + bytes;
@@ -202,8 +213,7 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size(size_t default_size)
 	bytes = io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
 
 	while ((SLABS_PER_PAGE << order) > IO_TLB_MIN_SLABS) {
-		io_tlb_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_DMA | __GFP_NOWARN,
-		                                        order);
+		io_tlb_start = swiotlb_alloc(order, io_tlb_nslabs);
 		if (io_tlb_start)
 			break;
 		order--;