diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
index 9a08490a3889b1076139e035a409152d2ba7dcc5..b42f570a5a566e2ae5ea983cdf4b902c445aafbc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -188,13 +188,14 @@ static inline void copy_edd(void)
 
 static bool do_relocate_initrd = false;
 
-void __init reserve_initrd(void)
+static void __init reserve_initrd(void)
 {
 	u64 ramdisk_image = boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_image;
 	u64 ramdisk_size  = boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_size;
 	u64 ramdisk_end   = ramdisk_image + ramdisk_size;
 	u64 end_of_lowmem = max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	u64 ramdisk_here;
+	u64 ramdisk_target;
 
 	if (!boot_params.hdr.type_of_loader ||
 	    !ramdisk_image || !ramdisk_size)
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ void __init reserve_initrd(void)
 
 	initrd_start = 0;
 
-	if (ramdisk_size >= end_of_lowmem/2) {
+	if (ramdisk_size >= (end_of_lowmem>>1)) {
 		free_early(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "initrd too large to handle, "
 		       "disabling initrd\n");
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ void __init reserve_initrd(void)
 	}
 
 	/* We need to move the initrd down into lowmem */
-	ramdisk_here = find_e820_area(min_low_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT,
+	ramdisk_target = max_pfn_mapped<<PAGE_SHIFT;
+	ramdisk_here = find_e820_area(min(ramdisk_target, end_of_lowmem>>1),
 				 end_of_lowmem, ramdisk_size,
 				 PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -346,8 +348,6 @@ static void set_mca_bus(int x) { }
  */
 void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
-	unsigned long max_low_pfn;
-
 	memcpy(&boot_cpu_data, &new_cpu_data, sizeof(new_cpu_data));
 	pre_setup_arch_hook();
 	early_cpu_init();
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		max_pfn = e820_end_of_ram();
 	}
 
+	find_low_pfn_range();
+
+	reserve_initrd();
+
 	dmi_scan_machine();
 
 	io_delay_init();
@@ -466,7 +470,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
         acpi_numa_init();
 #endif
 
-	max_low_pfn = initmem_init(0, max_pfn);
+	initmem_init(0, max_pfn);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
index 3e75be46c4f21b7b9d8e1195c7e5982be9b128be..1dfff700264c06d3a6805cb8020b61527c5cf8f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
@@ -309,11 +309,10 @@ static void init_remap_allocator(int nid)
 		(ulong) node_remap_end_vaddr[nid]);
 }
 
-unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
+void __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 				  unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	int nid;
-	unsigned long system_start_pfn, system_max_low_pfn;
 	long kva_target_pfn;
 
 	/*
@@ -324,17 +323,11 @@ unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	 * and ZONE_HIGHMEM.
 	 */
 
-	/* call find_max_low_pfn at first, it could update max_pfn */
-	system_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn = find_max_low_pfn();
-
 	remove_all_active_ranges();
 	get_memcfg_numa();
 
 	kva_pages = round_up(calculate_numa_remap_pages(), PTRS_PER_PTE);
 
-	/* partially used pages are not usable - thus round upwards */
-	system_start_pfn = min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(init_pg_tables_end);
-
 	kva_target_pfn = round_down(max_low_pfn - kva_pages, PTRS_PER_PTE);
 	do {
 		kva_start_pfn = find_e820_area(kva_target_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT,
@@ -357,19 +350,19 @@ unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		     "KVA PG");
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	highstart_pfn = highend_pfn = max_pfn;
-	if (max_pfn > system_max_low_pfn)
-		highstart_pfn = system_max_low_pfn;
+	if (max_pfn > max_low_pfn)
+		highstart_pfn = max_low_pfn;
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE "%ldMB HIGHMEM available.\n",
 	       pages_to_mb(highend_pfn - highstart_pfn));
 	num_physpages = highend_pfn;
 	high_memory = (void *) __va(highstart_pfn * PAGE_SIZE - 1) + 1;
 #else
-	num_physpages = system_max_low_pfn;
-	high_memory = (void *) __va(system_max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE - 1) + 1;
+	num_physpages = max_low_pfn;
+	high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE - 1) + 1;
 #endif
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE "%ldMB LOWMEM available.\n",
-			pages_to_mb(system_max_low_pfn));
-	printk("min_low_pfn = %ld, max_low_pfn = %ld, highstart_pfn = %ld\n", 
+			pages_to_mb(max_low_pfn));
+	printk("min_low_pfn = %ld, max_low_pfn = %ld, highstart_pfn = %ld\n",
 			min_low_pfn, max_low_pfn, highstart_pfn);
 
 	printk("Low memory ends at vaddr %08lx\n",
@@ -387,7 +380,6 @@ unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	memset(NODE_DATA(0), 0, sizeof(struct pglist_data));
 	NODE_DATA(0)->bdata = &node0_bdata;
 	setup_bootmem_allocator();
-	return max_low_pfn;
 }
 
 void __init zone_sizes_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index d1017336f1b504a4a2d46c2b52985fe7d8daeda8..27b82931294494af5fab7b1ac04fd606b9cc5b26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -561,9 +561,15 @@ early_param("highmem", parse_highmem);
 /*
  * Determine low and high memory ranges:
  */
-unsigned long __init find_max_low_pfn(void)
+void __init find_low_pfn_range(void)
 {
-	unsigned long max_low_pfn;
+	/* it could update max_pfn */
+
+	/*
+	 * partially used pages are not usable - thus
+	 * we are rounding upwards:
+	 */
+	min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(init_pg_tables_end);
 
 	max_low_pfn = max_pfn;
 	if (max_low_pfn > MAXMEM_PFN) {
@@ -625,21 +631,12 @@ unsigned long __init find_max_low_pfn(void)
 					" kernel!\n");
 #endif
 	}
-	return max_low_pfn;
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
-unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
+void __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 				  unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	/*
-	 * partially used pages are not usable - thus
-	 * we are rounding upwards:
-	 */
-	min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(init_pg_tables_end);
-
-	max_low_pfn = find_max_low_pfn();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	highstart_pfn = highend_pfn = max_pfn;
 	if (max_pfn > max_low_pfn)
@@ -661,8 +658,6 @@ unsigned long __init initmem_init(unsigned long start_pfn,
 			pages_to_mb(max_low_pfn));
 
 	setup_bootmem_allocator();
-
-	return max_low_pfn;
 }
 
 void __init zone_sizes_init(void)
@@ -699,8 +694,6 @@ void __init setup_bootmem_allocator(void)
 		panic("Cannot find bootmem map of size %ld\n", bootmap_size);
 	reserve_early(bootmap, bootmap + bootmap_size, "BOOTMAP");
 
-	reserve_initrd();
-
 	bootmap_size = init_bootmem(bootmap >> PAGE_SHIFT, max_low_pfn);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "  mapped low ram: 0 - %08lx\n",
 		 max_pfn_mapped<<PAGE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/page_32.h b/include/asm-x86/page_32.h
index a0713d175f45b6c7b09e23d971c380c69d006f8f..3810d14051e853b5014d131812f03aba5bd04bc7 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/page_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/page_32.h
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ extern int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
 #define VMALLOC_RESERVE		((unsigned long)__VMALLOC_RESERVE)
 #define MAXMEM			(-__PAGE_OFFSET - __VMALLOC_RESERVE)
 
-extern unsigned long initmem_init(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern void find_low_pfn_range(void);
+extern void initmem_init(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 extern void zone_sizes_init(void);
 extern void setup_bootmem_allocator(void);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/setup.h b/include/asm-x86/setup.h
index 8f85b245056236c43e811526b8f74c9b5b83c7eb..bb12a1619c12ddc6fbf116d8f0ab1ee51f845265 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/setup.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/setup.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void reserve_crashkernel(void);
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 
 void reserve_standard_io_resources(void);
-void reserve_initrd(void);
-
 
 #ifndef _SETUP