diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index 76564795222161d882c90d08899f6ecce905969b..d5865e4024cebb6f6c6e295f95b34096484e07a7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -143,33 +143,34 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 }
 #endif
 
-void free_initmem(void)
+void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
 {
-        unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long addr = begin;
 
-        addr = (unsigned long)(&__init_begin);
-        for (; addr < (unsigned long)(&__init_end); addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+	if (begin >= end)
+		return;
+	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
 		init_page_count(virt_to_page(addr));
-		memset((void *)addr, POISON_FREE_INITMEM, PAGE_SIZE);
+		memset((void *)(addr & PAGE_MASK), POISON_FREE_INITMEM,
+		       PAGE_SIZE);
 		free_page(addr);
 		totalram_pages++;
-        }
-        printk ("Freeing unused kernel memory: %ldk freed\n",
-		((unsigned long)&__init_end - (unsigned long)&__init_begin) >> 10);
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Freeing %s: %luk freed\n", what, (end - begin) >> 10);
+}
+
+void free_initmem(void)
+{
+	free_init_pages("unused kernel memory",
+			(unsigned long)&__init_begin,
+			(unsigned long)&__init_end);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-        if (start < end)
-                printk ("Freeing initrd memory: %ldk freed\n", (end - start) >> 10);
-        for (; start < end; start += PAGE_SIZE) {
-                ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(start));
-                init_page_count(virt_to_page(start));
-                free_page(start);
-                totalram_pages++;
-        }
+	free_init_pages("initrd memory", start, end);
 }
 #endif