diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 3e8f106ee5fe..ac1d883460c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -345,10 +345,11 @@ void __init arm_memblock_init(struct meminfo *mi,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/* FDT scan will populate initrd_start */
-	if (initrd_start) {
+	if (initrd_start && !phys_initrd_size) {
 		phys_initrd_start = __virt_to_phys(initrd_start);
 		phys_initrd_size = initrd_end - initrd_start;
 	}
+	initrd_start = initrd_end = 0;
 	if (phys_initrd_size &&
 	    !memblock_is_region_memory(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size)) {
 		pr_err("INITRD: 0x%08llx+0x%08lx is not a memory region - disabling initrd\n",