diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
index d56ec07151570e6e498e9bf35b2fd9ccaed335fe..e4962f04201e295d933d33f7f39745a5f5e65f65 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct alt_instr {
 
 void __init apply_alternatives_all(void);
 void apply_alternatives(void *start, size_t length);
-void free_alternatives_memory(void);
 
 #define ALTINSTR_ENTRY(feature)						      \
 	" .word 661b - .\n"				/* label           */ \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index ab9db0e9818c0caa52aa040b7c01aa83183d774e..d2ee1b21a10ddd1bcce1718210c6ce7b7725cfe3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -158,9 +158,3 @@ void apply_alternatives(void *start, size_t length)
 
 	__apply_alternatives(&region);
 }
-
-void free_alternatives_memory(void)
-{
-	free_reserved_area(__alt_instructions, __alt_instructions_end,
-			   0, "alternatives");
-}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a64340df244873e74370c5119212d34f564ba9c2..f943a848f8440c1cb3e6a0eb2204a4ff67156e9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	PERCPU_SECTION(64)
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__init_end = .;
-
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.altinstructions : {
 		__alt_instructions = .;
@@ -154,6 +151,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	__init_end = .;
+
 	_data = .;
 	_sdata = .;
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(64, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 9b8cc673f43c42038512b3b8b046741ff747fe91..2ee6c208c318bbc5714fc553b7dcb0ccfd7294c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	fixup_init();
 	free_initmem_default(0);
-	free_alternatives_memory();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD