diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 8440b6027598..7fd049cbc5b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
 		 */
 		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
 		 * between the current bank and the previous, free it.
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ 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
 }