diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/init.c b/arch/metag/mm/init.c
index 504a398d5f8b..c6784fb3a334 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/init.c
@@ -412,32 +412,15 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-static void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
-{
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	for (addr = begin; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
-		init_page_count(virt_to_page(addr));
-		memset((void *)addr, POISON_FREE_INITMEM, PAGE_SIZE);
-		free_page(addr);
-		totalram_pages++;
-	}
-	pr_info("Freeing %s: %luk freed\n", what, (end - begin) >> 10);
-}
-
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
-	free_init_pages("unused kernel memory",
-			(unsigned long)(&__init_begin),
-			(unsigned long)(&__init_end));
+	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	end = end & PAGE_MASK;
-	free_init_pages("initrd memory", start, end);
+	free_reserved_area(start, end, POISON_FREE_INITMEM, "initrd");
 }
 #endif