reserve_early(__pa_symbol(&_text), __pa_symbol(&_end), "TEXT DATA BSS");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
        /* Reserve INITRD */
        if (boot_params.hdr.type_of_loader && boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_image) {
                unsigned long ramdisk_image = boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_image;
                unsigned long ramdisk_end   = ramdisk_image + ramdisk_size;
                reserve_early(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end, "RAMDISK");
        }
+#endif
 
        reserve_ebda_region();
 
 
                unsigned long end_of_mem    = end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
                if (ramdisk_end <= end_of_mem) {
-                       reserve_bootmem_generic(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_size);
+                       /*
+                        * don't need to reserve again, already reserved early
+                        * in x86_64_start_kernel, and early_res_to_bootmem
+                        * convert that to reserved in bootmem
+                        */
                        initrd_start = ramdisk_image + PAGE_OFFSET;
                        initrd_end = initrd_start+ramdisk_size;
                } else {
-                       /* Assumes everything on node 0 */
                        free_bootmem(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_size);
                        printk(KERN_ERR "initrd extends beyond end of memory "
                               "(0x%08lx > 0x%08lx)\ndisabling initrd\n",