2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index d6d54faa84df..993c76773256 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 
         reserve_early(__pa_symbol(&_text), __pa_symbol(&_end), "TEXT DATA BSS");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
         /* Reserve INITRD */
         if (boot_params.hdr.type_of_loader && boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_image) {
                 unsigned long ramdisk_image = boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_image;
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
                 unsigned long ramdisk_end   = ramdisk_image + ramdisk_size;
                 reserve_early(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end, "RAMDISK");
         }
+#endif
 
         reserve_ebda_region();
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 674ef3510cdf..0aa291bff4e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -420,11 +420,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
                 unsigned long end_of_mem    = end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
                 if (ramdisk_end <= end_of_mem) {
-                        reserve_bootmem_generic(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_size);
+                        /*
+                         * don't need to reserve again, already reserved early
+                         * in x86_64_start_kernel, and early_res_to_bootmem
+                         * convert that to reserved in bootmem
+                         */
                         initrd_start = ramdisk_image + PAGE_OFFSET;
                         initrd_end = initrd_start+ramdisk_size;
                 } else {
-                        /* Assumes everything on node 0 */
                         free_bootmem(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_size);
                         printk(KERN_ERR "initrd extends beyond end of memory "
                                "(0x%08lx > 0x%08lx)\ndisabling initrd\n",