diff --git a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
index 726ebe792813..62f467b8ccae 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Device tree based initialization code for reserved memory.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2013, The Linux Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015 The Linux Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013,2014 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  *		http://www.samsung.com
  * Author: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/of_reserved_mem.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
 
 #define MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS	16
 static struct reserved_mem reserved_mem[MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS];
@@ -197,12 +198,52 @@ static int __init __reserved_mem_init_node(struct reserved_mem *rmem)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+static int __init __rmem_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct reserved_mem *ra = a, *rb = b;
+
+	return ra->base - rb->base;
+}
+
+static void __init __rmem_check_for_overlap(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (reserved_mem_count < 2)
+		return;
+
+	sort(reserved_mem, reserved_mem_count, sizeof(reserved_mem[0]),
+	     __rmem_cmp, NULL);
+	for (i = 0; i < reserved_mem_count - 1; i++) {
+		struct reserved_mem *this, *next;
+
+		this = &reserved_mem[i];
+		next = &reserved_mem[i + 1];
+		if (!(this->base && next->base))
+			continue;
+		if (this->base + this->size > next->base) {
+			phys_addr_t this_end, next_end;
+
+			this_end = this->base + this->size;
+			next_end = next->base + next->size;
+			WARN(1,
+			     "Reserved memory: OVERLAP DETECTED!\n%s (%pa--%pa) overlaps with %s (%pa--%pa)\n",
+			     this->name, &this->base, &this_end,
+			     next->name, &next->base, &next_end);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * fdt_init_reserved_mem - allocate and init all saved reserved memory regions
  */
 void __init fdt_init_reserved_mem(void)
 {
 	int i;
+
+	/* check for overlapping reserved regions */
+	__rmem_check_for_overlap();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < reserved_mem_count; i++) {
 		struct reserved_mem *rmem = &reserved_mem[i];
 		unsigned long node = rmem->fdt_node;