diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 9f3c47acf8ff..1b18b4722420 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -646,8 +646,10 @@ static int keep_initrd __initdata;
 
 void __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!keep_initrd)
+	if (!keep_initrd) {
 		free_reserved_area((void *)start, (void *)end, 0, "initrd");
+		memblock_free(__virt_to_phys(start), end - start);
+	}
 }
 
 static int __init keepinitrd_setup(char *__unused)