diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index ed11fb08b05a..acbb447ac6b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ __setup("fpe=", fpe_setup);
 #endif
 
 extern void paging_init(struct machine_desc *desc);
+extern void sanity_check_meminfo(void);
 extern void reboot_setup(char *str);
 
 unsigned int processor_id;
@@ -900,6 +901,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	parse_early_param();
 
+	sanity_check_meminfo();
 	arm_memblock_init(&meminfo, mdesc);
 
 	paging_init(mdesc);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 9d9e736c2b4f..594d677b92c8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ early_param("vmalloc", early_vmalloc);
 
 static phys_addr_t lowmem_limit __initdata = 0;
 
-static void __init sanity_check_meminfo(void)
+void __init sanity_check_meminfo(void)
 {
 	int i, j, highmem = 0;
 
@@ -1032,8 +1032,9 @@ void __init paging_init(struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 {
 	void *zero_page;
 
+	memblock_set_current_limit(lowmem_limit);
+
 	build_mem_type_table();
-	sanity_check_meminfo();
 	prepare_page_table();
 	map_lowmem();
 	devicemaps_init(mdesc);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
index 687d02319a41..941a98c9e8aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ void __init arm_mm_memblock_reserve(void)
 	memblock_reserve(CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE, PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
+void __init sanity_check_meminfo(void)
+{
+}
+
 /*
  * paging_init() sets up the page tables, initialises the zone memory
  * maps, and sets up the zero page, bad page and bad page tables.