diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 2d888586385d..6e5823b9e765 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -604,6 +604,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	early_cpu_init();
 	early_ioremap_init();
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_VMI) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
+	/*
+	 * Must be before kernel pagetables are setup
+	 * or fixmap area is touched.
+	 */
+	vmi_init();
+#endif
+
 	ROOT_DEV = old_decode_dev(boot_params.hdr.root_dev);
 	screen_info = boot_params.screen_info;
 	edid_info = boot_params.edid_info;
@@ -817,14 +825,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	kvmclock_init();
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VMI) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
-	/*
-	 * Must be after max_low_pfn is determined, and before kernel
-	 * pagetables are setup.
-	 */
-	vmi_init();
-#endif
-
 	paravirt_pagetable_setup_start(swapper_pg_dir);
 	paging_init();
 	paravirt_pagetable_setup_done(swapper_pg_dir);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
index 0a1b1a9d922d..6ca515d6db54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/vmi_time.h>
 #include <asm/kmap_types.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
 
 /* Convenient for calling VMI functions indirectly in the ROM */
 typedef u32 __attribute__((regparm(1))) (VROMFUNC)(void);
@@ -683,7 +684,7 @@ void vmi_bringup(void)
 {
  	/* We must establish the lowmem mapping for MMU ops to work */
 	if (vmi_ops.set_linear_mapping)
-		vmi_ops.set_linear_mapping(0, (void *)__PAGE_OFFSET, max_low_pfn, 0);
+		vmi_ops.set_linear_mapping(0, (void *)__PAGE_OFFSET, MAXMEM_PFN, 0);
 }
 
 /*