diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
index 683b5b3805bd17493d97c261afc19279ac76b69f..cd381e2291dfeb38a569fed214778838cef42a2e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_para.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
@@ -712,6 +713,12 @@ static void kvm_use_magic_page(void)
 
 static __init void kvm_free_tmp(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Inform kmemleak about the hole in the .bss section since the
+	 * corresponding pages will be unmapped with DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y.
+	 */
+	kmemleak_free_part(&kvm_tmp[kvm_tmp_index],
+			   ARRAY_SIZE(kvm_tmp) - kvm_tmp_index);
 	free_reserved_area(&kvm_tmp[kvm_tmp_index],
 			   &kvm_tmp[ARRAY_SIZE(kvm_tmp)], -1, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 707fa5579f66f1e1e96a5613e50ff74b92417954..6c318f5ac234f40237aec9a0bca5c9e7791cd5dc 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1529,11 +1529,6 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	/* data/bss scanning */
-	scan_large_block(_sdata, _edata);
-	scan_large_block(__bss_start, __bss_stop);
-	scan_large_block(__start_ro_after_init, __end_ro_after_init);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/* per-cpu sections scanning */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
@@ -2071,6 +2066,17 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
+	/* register the data/bss sections */
+	create_object((unsigned long)_sdata, _edata - _sdata,
+		      KMEMLEAK_GREY, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	create_object((unsigned long)__bss_start, __bss_stop - __bss_start,
+		      KMEMLEAK_GREY, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	/* only register .data..ro_after_init if not within .data */
+	if (__start_ro_after_init < _sdata || __end_ro_after_init > _edata)
+		create_object((unsigned long)__start_ro_after_init,
+			      __end_ro_after_init - __start_ro_after_init,
+			      KMEMLEAK_GREY, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
 	/*
 	 * This is the point where tracking allocations is safe. Automatic
 	 * scanning is started during the late initcall. Add the early logged