diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
index 2a258bd3b6b5..a425eca0173d 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int optee_pool_op_alloc_helper(struct tee_shm_pool *pool, struct tee_shm *shm,
 						   unsigned long start))
 {
 	unsigned int order = get_order(size);
+	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
 	struct page *page;
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -39,12 +40,24 @@ int optee_pool_op_alloc_helper(struct tee_shm_pool *pool, struct tee_shm *shm,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	shm->kaddr = page_address(page);
-	shm->paddr = page_to_phys(page);
 	shm->size = PAGE_SIZE << order;
 
-	if (shm_register) {
-		unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order, i;
+	/*
+	 * If memory is registered immediately use a temporary page list
+	 * and free it directly after the registration is completed.
+	 *
+	 * Else, if we have allocated more than one page store a page
+	 * list in the struct tee_shm.
+	 *
+	 * Else, store the physical address of the single page that was
+	 * allocated.
+	 *
+	 * optee_pool_op_free_helper() is responsible for freeing the
+	 * resourses allocated in this function.
+	 */
+	if (shm_register || nr_pages > 1) {
 		struct page **pages;
+		unsigned int i;
 
 		pages = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!pages) {
@@ -55,17 +68,24 @@ int optee_pool_op_alloc_helper(struct tee_shm_pool *pool, struct tee_shm *shm,
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
 			pages[i] = page + i;
 
-		rc = shm_register(shm->ctx, shm, pages, nr_pages,
-				  (unsigned long)shm->kaddr);
-		kfree(pages);
-		if (rc)
-			goto err;
+		if (shm_register) {
+			rc = shm_register(shm->ctx, shm, pages, nr_pages,
+					  (unsigned long)shm->kaddr);
+			kfree(pages);
+			if (rc)
+				goto err;
+		} else {
+			shm->pages = pages;
+			shm->num_pages = nr_pages;
+		}
+	} else {
+		shm->paddr = page_to_phys(page);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
 err:
 	free_pages((unsigned long)shm->kaddr, order);
+	shm->kaddr = NULL;
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +97,8 @@ void optee_pool_op_free_helper(struct tee_shm_pool *pool, struct tee_shm *shm,
 		shm_unregister(shm->ctx, shm);
 	free_pages((unsigned long)shm->kaddr, get_order(shm->size));
 	shm->kaddr = NULL;
+	kfree(shm->pages);
+	shm->pages = NULL;
 }
 
 static void optee_bus_scan(struct work_struct *work)
diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/smc_abi.c b/drivers/tee/optee/smc_abi.c
index d5b28fd35d66..b69410c7cc0a 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/smc_abi.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/smc_abi.c
@@ -678,10 +678,11 @@ static void handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx,
 					  struct optee_msg_arg *arg,
 					  struct optee_call_ctx *call_ctx)
 {
-	phys_addr_t pa;
 	struct tee_shm *shm;
 	size_t sz;
 	size_t n;
+	struct page **pages;
+	size_t page_count;
 
 	arg->ret_origin = TEEC_ORIGIN_COMMS;
 
@@ -716,32 +717,23 @@ static void handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (tee_shm_get_pa(shm, 0, &pa)) {
-		arg->ret = TEEC_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS;
-		goto bad;
-	}
-
-	sz = tee_shm_get_size(shm);
-
-	if (tee_shm_is_dynamic(shm)) {
-		struct page **pages;
+	/*
+	 * If there are pages it's dynamically allocated shared memory (not
+	 * from the reserved shared memory pool) and needs to be
+	 * registered.
+	 */
+	pages = tee_shm_get_pages(shm, &page_count);
+	if (pages) {
 		u64 *pages_list;
-		size_t page_num;
-
-		pages = tee_shm_get_pages(shm, &page_num);
-		if (!pages || !page_num) {
-			arg->ret = TEEC_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-			goto bad;
-		}
 
-		pages_list = optee_allocate_pages_list(page_num);
+		pages_list = optee_allocate_pages_list(page_count);
 		if (!pages_list) {
 			arg->ret = TEEC_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 			goto bad;
 		}
 
 		call_ctx->pages_list = pages_list;
-		call_ctx->num_entries = page_num;
+		call_ctx->num_entries = page_count;
 
 		arg->params[0].attr = OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_TMEM_OUTPUT |
 				      OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_NONCONTIG;
@@ -752,17 +744,22 @@ static void handle_rpc_func_cmd_shm_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx,
 		arg->params[0].u.tmem.buf_ptr = virt_to_phys(pages_list) |
 			(tee_shm_get_page_offset(shm) &
 			 (OPTEE_MSG_NONCONTIG_PAGE_SIZE - 1));
-		arg->params[0].u.tmem.size = tee_shm_get_size(shm);
-		arg->params[0].u.tmem.shm_ref = (unsigned long)shm;
 
-		optee_fill_pages_list(pages_list, pages, page_num,
+		optee_fill_pages_list(pages_list, pages, page_count,
 				      tee_shm_get_page_offset(shm));
 	} else {
+		phys_addr_t pa;
+
+		if (tee_shm_get_pa(shm, 0, &pa)) {
+			arg->ret = TEEC_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS;
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
 		arg->params[0].attr = OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_TMEM_OUTPUT;
 		arg->params[0].u.tmem.buf_ptr = pa;
-		arg->params[0].u.tmem.size = sz;
-		arg->params[0].u.tmem.shm_ref = (unsigned long)shm;
 	}
+	arg->params[0].u.tmem.size = tee_shm_get_size(shm);
+	arg->params[0].u.tmem.shm_ref = (unsigned long)shm;
 
 	arg->ret = TEEC_SUCCESS;
 	return;
