diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/init.c b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
index caf797de23fc79cd232d736530af453bfe77641e..727d4794ea0fa7167e8901743e45d69cda66c76e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
@@ -144,37 +144,18 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 		PAGES_TO_KB(reserved_pages));
 }
 
-static void __init free_init_pages(const char *what, unsigned long begin,
-				   unsigned long end)
-{
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	pr_info("Freeing %s: %ldk [%lx] to [%lx]\n",
-		what, TO_KB(end - begin), begin, end);
-
-	/* need to check that the page we free is not a partial page */
-	for (addr = begin; addr + PAGE_SIZE <= end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
-		init_page_count(virt_to_page(addr));
-		free_page(addr);
-		totalram_pages++;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * free_initmem: Free all the __init memory.
  */
 void __init_refok free_initmem(void)
 {
-	free_init_pages("unused kernel memory",
-			(unsigned long)__init_begin,
-			(unsigned long)__init_end);
+	free_initmem_default(0);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	free_init_pages("initrd memory", start, end);
+	free_reserved_area(start, end, 0, "initrd");
 }
 #endif