diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 97fa87541b5f..2e25d69739e0 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1941,14 +1941,13 @@ static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
 		 * due to SPARSEMEM sections which aren't present.
 		 */
 		start = min(start, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
-#else
+#endif
 		/*
 		 * Align down here since many operations in VM subsystem
 		 * presume that there are no holes in the memory map inside
 		 * a pageblock
 		 */
 		start = round_down(start, pageblock_nr_pages);
-#endif
 
 		/*
 		 * If we had a previous bank, and there is a space
@@ -1966,8 +1965,10 @@ static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
-	if (!IS_ALIGNED(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION)) {
+		prev_end = ALIGN(end, pageblock_nr_pages);
 		free_memmap(prev_end, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
+	}
 #endif
 }