diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
index f1ce39d6d32c..839e6613753d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
@@ -2018,10 +2018,7 @@ void __init xen_reserve_special_pages(void)
 
 void __init xen_pt_check_e820(void)
 {
-	if (xen_is_e820_reserved(xen_pt_base, xen_pt_size)) {
-		xen_raw_console_write("Xen hypervisor allocated page table memory conflicts with E820 map\n");
-		BUG();
-	}
+	xen_chk_is_e820_usable(xen_pt_base, xen_pt_size, "page table");
 }
 
 static unsigned char dummy_mapping[PAGE_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
index 4bcc70a71b7d..96765180514b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void __init xen_ignore_unusable(void)
 	}
 }
 
-bool __init xen_is_e820_reserved(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size)
+static bool __init xen_is_e820_reserved(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size)
 {
 	struct e820_entry *entry;
 	unsigned mapcnt;
@@ -624,6 +624,23 @@ phys_addr_t __init xen_find_free_area(phys_addr_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check for an area in physical memory to be usable for non-movable purposes.
+ * An area is considered to usable if the used E820 map lists it to be RAM.
+ * In case the area is not usable, crash the system with an error message.
+ */
+void __init xen_chk_is_e820_usable(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size,
+				   const char *component)
+{
+	if (!xen_is_e820_reserved(start, size))
+		return;
+
+	xen_raw_console_write("Xen hypervisor allocated ");
+	xen_raw_console_write(component);
+	xen_raw_console_write(" memory conflicts with E820 map\n");
+	BUG();
+}
+
 /*
  * Like memcpy, but with physical addresses for dest and src.
  */
@@ -824,11 +841,16 @@ char * __init xen_memory_setup(void)
 	 * Failing now is better than running into weird problems later due
 	 * to relocating (and even reusing) pages with kernel text or data.
 	 */
-	if (xen_is_e820_reserved(__pa_symbol(_text),
-				 __pa_symbol(_end) - __pa_symbol(_text))) {
-		xen_raw_console_write("Xen hypervisor allocated kernel memory conflicts with E820 map\n");
-		BUG();
-	}
+	xen_chk_is_e820_usable(__pa_symbol(_text),
+			       __pa_symbol(_end) - __pa_symbol(_text),
+			       "kernel");
+
+	/*
+	 * Check for a conflict of the xen_start_info memory with the target
+	 * E820 map.
+	 */
+	xen_chk_is_e820_usable(__pa(xen_start_info), sizeof(*xen_start_info),
+			       "xen_start_info");
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for a conflict of the hypervisor supplied page tables with
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h b/arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h
index 0cf16fc79e0b..9a27d1d653d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ void xen_mm_unpin_all(void);
 void __init xen_relocate_p2m(void);
 #endif
 
-bool __init xen_is_e820_reserved(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size);
+void __init xen_chk_is_e820_usable(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size,
+				   const char *component);
 unsigned long __ref xen_chk_extra_mem(unsigned long pfn);
 void __init xen_inv_extra_mem(void);
 void __init xen_remap_memory(void);