diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index c756713aaabab4cdd41f5895816aa306f8e86b54..cd76c454942fd51c943c64f33ae2e7e24d3143a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -352,13 +352,9 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 			struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 			if (memblock_is_reserved(paddr))
 				continue;
-			ClearPageReserved(page);
-			init_page_count(page);
-			__free_page(page);
-			totalhigh_pages++;
+			free_highmem_page(page);
 			reservedpages--;
 		}
-		totalram_pages += totalhigh_pages;
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "High memory: %luk\n",
 		       totalhigh_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT-10));
 	}