diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
index 7ff80004543460..6ed47b058d767d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void __init acpi_numa_gicc_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_gicc_affinity *pa)
 		return;
 
 	pxm = pa->proximity_domain;
-	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, true);
 
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE || node >= MAX_NUMNODES) {
 		pr_err("SRAT: Too many proximity domains %d\n", pxm);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index a5636524af7693..760a468864b798 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ void __init acpi_numa_fixup(void)
 	nodes_clear(node_online_map);
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_PXM_DOMAINS; i++) {
 		if (pxm_bit_test(i)) {
-			int nid = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(i);
+			int nid = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(i, true);
 			node_set_online(nid);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/srat.c b/arch/x86/mm/srat.c
index dac07e4f5834ea..6497d7c241ec8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/srat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/srat.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ acpi_numa_x2apic_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_x2apic_cpu_affinity *pa)
 			 pxm, apic_id);
 		return;
 	}
-	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, true);
 	if (node < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "SRAT: Too many proximity domains %x\n", pxm);
 		bad_srat();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ acpi_numa_processor_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_cpu_affinity *pa)
 	pxm = pa->proximity_domain_lo;
 	if (acpi_srat_revision >= 2)
 		pxm |= *((unsigned int*)pa->proximity_domain_hi) << 8;
-	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, true);
 	if (node < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "SRAT: Too many proximity domains %x\n", pxm);
 		bad_srat();
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
index 28a6b387e80e28..8133e7e6f9e3bc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ static int  __init arm_smmu_v3_set_proximity(struct device *dev,
 
 	smmu = (struct acpi_iort_smmu_v3 *)node->node_data;
 	if (smmu->flags & ACPI_IORT_SMMU_V3_PXM_VALID) {
-		int dev_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(smmu->pxm);
+		int dev_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(smmu->pxm, false);
 
 		if (dev_node != NUMA_NO_NODE && !node_online(dev_node))
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 7c138a4edc03eb..6cb44bbaa71fcf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2948,7 +2948,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_region(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 		ndr_desc->numa_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node(
 						spa->proximity_domain);
 		ndr_desc->target_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(
-				spa->proximity_domain);
+				spa->proximity_domain, false);
 	} else {
 		ndr_desc->numa_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 		ndr_desc->target_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
index 2c32cfb7237012..3c041481677220 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static void hmat_register_target_device(struct memory_target *target,
 
 	pdev->dev.numa_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node(target->memory_pxm);
 	info = (struct memregion_info) {
-		.target_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(target->memory_pxm),
+		.target_node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(target->memory_pxm, false),
 	};
 	rc = platform_device_add_data(pdev, &info, sizeof(info));
 	if (rc < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/srat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/srat.c
index 5be5a977da1bfa..ed7d31795f4dca 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa/srat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/srat.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void __acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm, int node)
 		node_to_pxm_map[node] = pxm;
 }
 
-int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm)
+int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm, bool create)
 {
 	int node;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm)
 	node = pxm_to_node_map[pxm];
 
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE) {
-		if (nodes_weight(nodes_found_map) >= MAX_NUMNODES)
+		if (nodes_weight(nodes_found_map) >= MAX_NUMNODES || !create)
 			return NUMA_NO_NODE;
 		node = first_unset_node(nodes_found_map);
 		__acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, node);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_mem_affinity *ma)
 	if (acpi_srat_revision <= 1)
 		pxm &= 0xff;
 
-	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, true);
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE || node >= MAX_NUMNODES) {
 		pr_err("SRAT: Too many proximity domains.\n");
 		goto out_err_bad_srat;
@@ -444,6 +444,6 @@ int acpi_get_node(acpi_handle handle)
 
 	pxm = acpi_get_pxm(handle);
 
-	return acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	return acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_get_node);
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index cd685f521c77ac..0b11876d079978 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -5248,7 +5248,11 @@ static int __init gic_acpi_parse_srat_its(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(its_affinity->proximity_domain);
+	/*
+	 * Note that in theory a new proximity node could be created by this
+	 * entry as it is an SRAT resource allocation structure
+	 */
+	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(its_affinity->proximity_domain, false);
 
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE || node >= MAX_NUMNODES) {
 		pr_err("SRAT: Invalid NUMA node %d in ITS affinity\n", node);
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_numa.h b/include/acpi/acpi_numa.h
index fdebcfc6c8df8a..6935c7516262cf 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_numa.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_numa.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 extern int pxm_to_node(int);
 extern int node_to_pxm(int);
-extern int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int);
+extern int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int, bool);
 extern unsigned char acpi_srat_revision;
 extern int acpi_numa __initdata;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index d661cd0ee64db4..1414b7e0a486a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ extern void acpi_osi_setup(char *str);
 extern bool acpi_osi_is_win8(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA
-int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm);
+int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm, bool create);
 int acpi_get_node(acpi_handle handle);
 
 /**
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int acpi_get_node(acpi_handle handle);
  */
 static inline int acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node(int pxm)
 {
-	int node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
+	int node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm, false);
 
 	return numa_map_to_online_node(node);
 }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static inline int acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node(int pxm)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm)
+static inline int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm, bool create)
 {
 	return 0;
 }