diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 9221645dd192..92bba32d9230 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void __init arm_memblock_init(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 	 * reserve memory for DMA contigouos allocations,
 	 * must come from DMA area inside low memory
 	 */
-	dma_contiguous_reserve(min(arm_dma_limit, arm_lowmem_limit));
+	dma_contiguous_reserve(arm_dma_limit);
 
 	arm_memblock_steal_permitted = false;
 	memblock_dump_all();