diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/elf_aarch64_efi.lds b/arch/arm/lib/elf_aarch64_efi.lds
index ffc6f6e6045..3e3da47d6a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/elf_aarch64_efi.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/elf_aarch64_efi.lds
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-littleaarch64", "elf64-littleaarch64", "elf64-littleaarch64")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(aarch64)
+
+PHDRS
+{
+	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(3); /* SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC */
+}
+
 ENTRY(_start)
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		. = ALIGN(512);
 		_bss_end = .;
 		_edata = .;
-	}
+	} :data
 	_data_size = _edata - _data;
 	.rela.dyn : { *(.rela.dyn) }
 	.rela.plt : { *(.rela.plt) }
diff --git a/cmd/efidebug.c b/cmd/efidebug.c
index 569003ae2ef..e6959ede930 100644
--- a/cmd/efidebug.c
+++ b/cmd/efidebug.c
@@ -591,25 +591,15 @@ static void print_memory_attributes(u64 attributes)
 static int do_efi_show_memmap(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag,
 			      int argc, char *const argv[])
 {
-	struct efi_mem_desc *memmap = NULL, *map;
-	efi_uintn_t map_size = 0;
+	struct efi_mem_desc *memmap, *map;
+	efi_uintn_t map_size;
 	const char *type;
 	int i;
 	efi_status_t ret;
 
-	ret = efi_get_memory_map(&map_size, memmap, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
-		map_size += sizeof(struct efi_mem_desc); /* for my own */
-		ret = efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA, map_size,
-					(void *)&memmap);
-		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
-			return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
-		ret = efi_get_memory_map(&map_size, memmap, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	}
-	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		efi_free_pool(memmap);
+	ret = efi_get_memory_map_alloc(&map_size, &memmap);
+	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
-	}
 
 	printf("Type             Start%.*s End%.*s Attributes\n",
 	       EFI_PHYS_ADDR_WIDTH - 5, spc, EFI_PHYS_ADDR_WIDTH - 3, spc);
diff --git a/include/configs/vexpress_common.h b/include/configs/vexpress_common.h
index 5d773060d82..aac96d29ba7 100644
--- a/include/configs/vexpress_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/vexpress_common.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
 
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
+                "loadaddr=0x60100000\0" \
                 "kernel_addr_r=0x60100000\0" \
                 "fdt_addr_r=0x60000000\0" \
                 "bootargs=console=tty0 console=ttyAMA0,38400n8\0" \
diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 699176872dd..f9e427f0905 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -736,6 +736,9 @@ efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(enum efi_memory_type pool_type,
 			       efi_uintn_t size, void **buffer);
 /* EFI pool memory free function. */
 efi_status_t efi_free_pool(void *buffer);
+/* Allocate and retrieve EFI memory map */
+efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map_alloc(efi_uintn_t *map_size,
+				      struct efi_mem_desc **memory_map);
 /* Returns the EFI memory map */
 efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map(efi_uintn_t *memory_map_size,
 				struct efi_mem_desc *memory_map,
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
index 8d347f101f3..32254d24337 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
@@ -736,6 +736,40 @@ efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map(efi_uintn_t *memory_map_size,
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/**
+ * efi_get_memory_map_alloc() - allocate map describing memory usage
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for calling FreePool() if the call succeeds.
+ *
+ * @memory_map		buffer to which the memory map is written
+ * @map_size		size of the memory map
+ * Return:		status code
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map_alloc(efi_uintn_t *map_size,
+				      struct efi_mem_desc **memory_map)
+{
+	efi_status_t ret;
+
+	*memory_map = NULL;
+	*map_size = 0;
+	ret = efi_get_memory_map(map_size, *memory_map, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
+		*map_size += sizeof(struct efi_mem_desc); /* for the map */
+		ret = efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA, *map_size,
+					(void **)memory_map);
+		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
+			return ret;
+		ret = efi_get_memory_map(map_size, *memory_map,
+					 NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+			efi_free_pool(*memory_map);
+			*memory_map = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * efi_add_conventional_memory_map() - add a RAM memory area to the map
  *
diff --git a/lib/lmb.c b/lib/lmb.c
index c599608fa38..ec790760db6 100644
--- a/lib/lmb.c
+++ b/lib/lmb.c
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <efi_loader.h>
 #include <image.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
 #include <lmb.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
@@ -153,6 +155,37 @@ void arch_lmb_reserve_generic(struct lmb *lmb, ulong sp, ulong end, ulong align)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * efi_lmb_reserve() - add reservations for EFI memory
+ *
+ * Add reservations for all EFI memory areas that are not
+ * EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY.
+ *
+ * @lmb:	lmb environment
+ * Return:	0 on success, 1 on failure
+ */
+static __maybe_unused int efi_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
+{
+	struct efi_mem_desc *memmap = NULL, *map;
+	efi_uintn_t i, map_size = 0;
+	efi_status_t ret;
+
+	ret = efi_get_memory_map_alloc(&map_size, &memmap);
+	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0, map = memmap; i < map_size / sizeof(*map); ++map, ++i) {
+		if (map->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY)
+			lmb_reserve(lmb,
+				    map_to_sysmem((void *)(uintptr_t)
+						  map->physical_start),
+				    map->num_pages * EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
+	efi_free_pool(memmap);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void lmb_reserve_common(struct lmb *lmb, void *fdt_blob)
 {
 	arch_lmb_reserve(lmb);
@@ -160,6 +193,9 @@ static void lmb_reserve_common(struct lmb *lmb, void *fdt_blob)
 
 	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_LIBFDT) && fdt_blob)
 		boot_fdt_add_mem_rsv_regions(lmb, fdt_blob);
+
+	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_LOADER))
+		efi_lmb_reserve(lmb);
 }
 
 /* Initialize the struct, add memory and call arch/board reserve functions */