diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 054be44d1cdb..4e43455fab84 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_dma_zone_size);
  */
 phys_addr_t arm_dma_limit;
 unsigned long arm_dma_pfn_limit;
-
-static void __init arm_adjust_dma_zone(unsigned long *size, unsigned long *hole,
-	unsigned long dma_size)
-{
-	if (size[0] <= dma_size)
-		return;
-
-	size[ZONE_NORMAL] = size[0] - dma_size;
-	size[ZONE_DMA] = dma_size;
-	hole[ZONE_NORMAL] = hole[0];
-	hole[ZONE_DMA] = 0;
-}
 #endif
 
 void __init setup_dma_zone(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
@@ -121,56 +109,16 @@ void __init setup_dma_zone(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 static void __init zone_sizes_init(unsigned long min, unsigned long max_low,
 	unsigned long max_high)
 {
-	unsigned long zone_size[MAX_NR_ZONES], zhole_size[MAX_NR_ZONES];
-	struct memblock_region *reg;
-
-	/*
-	 * initialise the zones.
-	 */
-	memset(zone_size, 0, sizeof(zone_size));
-
-	/*
-	 * The memory size has already been determined.  If we need
-	 * to do anything fancy with the allocation of this memory
-	 * to the zones, now is the time to do it.
-	 */
-	zone_size[0] = max_low - min;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	zone_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = max_high - max_low;
-#endif
-
-	/*
-	 * Calculate the size of the holes.
-	 *  holes = node_size - sum(bank_sizes)
-	 */
-	memcpy(zhole_size, zone_size, sizeof(zhole_size));
-	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
-		unsigned long start = memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(reg);
-		unsigned long end = memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(reg);
-
-		if (start < max_low) {
-			unsigned long low_end = min(end, max_low);
-			zhole_size[0] -= low_end - start;
-		}
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		if (end > max_low) {
-			unsigned long high_start = max(start, max_low);
-			zhole_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] -= end - high_start;
-		}
-#endif
-	}
+	unsigned long max_zone_pfn[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-	/*
-	 * Adjust the sizes according to any special requirements for
-	 * this machine type.
-	 */
-	if (arm_dma_zone_size)
-		arm_adjust_dma_zone(zone_size, zhole_size,
-			arm_dma_zone_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	max_zone_pfn[ZONE_DMA] = min(arm_dma_pfn_limit, max_low);
 #endif
-
-	free_area_init_node(0, zone_size, min, zhole_size);
+	max_zone_pfn[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_low;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+	max_zone_pfn[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = max_high;
+#endif
+	free_area_init(max_zone_pfn);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID
@@ -306,7 +254,7 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
 	sparse_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * Now free the memory - free_area_init_node needs
+	 * Now free the memory - free_area_init needs
 	 * the sparse mem_map arrays initialized by sparse_init()
 	 * for memmap_init_zone(), otherwise all PFNs are invalid.
 	 */