diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 82ced5fa1e667431ad1d1c1ac96486f1948f5239..89376f3c65a3d3f0cb23a0b89afbadf0c3fbf48c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
-	free_initmem_default(0);
+	free_reserved_area(__va(__pa(__init_begin)), __va(__pa(__init_end)),
+			   0, "unused kernel");
 	fixup_init();
 }