diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
index 45f3841105..501a9d5ea8 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <xen/compile.h>
 #include <xen/device_tree.h>
 #include <xen/domain_page.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
 #include <xen/types.h>
 #include <xen/string.h>
 #include <xen/serial.h>
@@ -693,6 +694,8 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot_phys_offset,
     struct domain *dom0;
     struct xen_domctl_createdomain dom0_cfg = {
         .max_evtchn_port = -1,
+        .max_grant_frames = gnttab_dom0_frames(),
+        .max_maptrack_frames = opt_max_maptrack_frames,
     };
 
     dcache_line_bytes = read_dcache_line_bytes();
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
index dd11815e2d..84406435c3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <xen/init.h>
 #include <xen/lib.h>
 #include <xen/err.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
 #include <xen/sched.h>
 #include <xen/sched-if.h>
 #include <xen/domain.h>
@@ -682,6 +683,8 @@ void __init noreturn __start_xen(unsigned long mbi_p)
     struct xen_domctl_createdomain dom0_cfg = {
         .flags = XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_s3_integrity,
         .max_evtchn_port = -1,
+        .max_grant_frames = opt_max_grant_frames,
+        .max_maptrack_frames = opt_max_maptrack_frames,
     };
 
     /* Critical region without IDT or TSS.  Any fault is deadly! */
diff --git a/xen/common/domain.c b/xen/common/domain.c
index 171d25ed4b..1dcab8d188 100644
--- a/xen/common/domain.c
+++ b/xen/common/domain.c
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ struct domain *domain_create(domid_t domid,
             goto fail;
         init_status |= INIT_evtchn;
 
-        if ( (err = grant_table_create(d)) != 0 )
+        if ( (err = grant_table_create(d, config->max_grant_frames,
+                                       config->max_maptrack_frames)) != 0 )
             goto fail;
         init_status |= INIT_gnttab;
 
diff --git a/xen/common/grant_table.c b/xen/common/grant_table.c
index ad55cfa0ec..f08341e949 100644
--- a/xen/common/grant_table.c
+++ b/xen/common/grant_table.c
@@ -3567,9 +3567,8 @@ do_grant_table_op(
 #include "compat/grant_table.c"
 #endif
 
-int
-grant_table_create(
-    struct domain *d)
+int grant_table_create(struct domain *d, unsigned int max_grant_frames,
+                       unsigned int max_maptrack_frames)
 {
     struct grant_table *t;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -3587,11 +3586,7 @@ grant_table_create(
     t->domain = d;
     d->grant_table = t;
 
-    if ( d->domain_id == 0 )
-    {
-        ret = grant_table_init(d, t, gnttab_dom0_frames(),
-                               opt_max_maptrack_frames);
-    }
+    ret = grant_table_set_limits(d, max_maptrack_frames, max_maptrack_frames);
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -4049,11 +4044,6 @@ static int __init gnttab_usage_init(void)
 }
 __initcall(gnttab_usage_init);
 
-unsigned int __init gnttab_dom0_frames(void)
-{
-    return min(opt_max_grant_frames, gnttab_dom0_max());
-}
-
 /*
  * Local variables:
  * mode: C
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/grant_table.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/grant_table.h
index 5113b9156c..d8fde01651 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/grant_table.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/grant_table.h
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ void gnttab_mark_dirty(struct domain *d, mfn_t mfn);
  * Only use the text section as it's always present and will contain
  * enough space for a large grant table
  */
-static inline unsigned int gnttab_dom0_max(void)
-{
-    return PFN_DOWN(_etext - _stext);
-}
+#define gnttab_dom0_frames()                                             \
+    min_t(unsigned int, opt_max_grant_frames, PFN_DOWN(_etext - _stext))
 
 #define gnttab_init_arch(gt)                                             \
 ({                                                                       \
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/grant_table.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/grant_table.h
index 76ec5dda2c..761a8c33a5 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/grant_table.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/grant_table.h
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ static inline int replace_grant_host_mapping(uint64_t addr, mfn_t frame,
     return replace_grant_pv_mapping(addr, frame, new_addr, flags);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int gnttab_dom0_max(void)
-{
-    return UINT_MAX;
-}
-
 #define gnttab_init_arch(gt) 0
 #define gnttab_destroy_arch(gt) do {} while ( 0 )
 #define gnttab_set_frame_gfn(gt, st, idx, gfn) do {} while ( 0 )
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/grant_table.h b/xen/include/xen/grant_table.h
index c881414e5b..b46bb0adae 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/grant_table.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/grant_table.h
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ extern unsigned int opt_max_grant_frames;
 extern unsigned int opt_max_maptrack_frames;
 
 /* Create/destroy per-domain grant table context. */
-int grant_table_create(
-    struct domain *d);
+int grant_table_create(struct domain *d, unsigned int max_grant_frames,
+                       unsigned int max_maptrack_frames);
 void grant_table_destroy(
     struct domain *d);
 void grant_table_init_vcpu(struct vcpu *v);
@@ -63,6 +63,4 @@ int gnttab_get_shared_frame(struct domain *d, unsigned long idx,
 int gnttab_get_status_frame(struct domain *d, unsigned long idx,
                             mfn_t *mfn);
 
-unsigned int gnttab_dom0_frames(void);
-
 #endif /* __XEN_GRANT_TABLE_H__ */