1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 7e67c5a71061..9b4204e06665 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -393,10 +393,9 @@ static void __init reserve_initrd(void)
         initrd_start = 0;
 
         if (ramdisk_size >= (end_of_lowmem>>1)) {
-                memblock_free(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end - ramdisk_image);
-                printk(KERN_ERR "initrd too large to handle, "
-                       "disabling initrd\n");
-                return;
+                panic("initrd too large to handle, "
+                       "disabling initrd (%lld needed, %lld available)\n",
+                       ramdisk_size, end_of_lowmem>>1);
         }
 
         printk(KERN_INFO "RAMDISK: %08llx - %08llx\n", ramdisk_image,