static void *sparsemap_buf __meminitdata;
 static void *sparsemap_buf_end __meminitdata;
 
+static inline void __meminit sparse_buffer_free(unsigned long size)
+{
+       WARN_ON(!sparsemap_buf || size == 0);
+       memblock_free_early(__pa(sparsemap_buf), size);
+}
+
 static void __init sparse_buffer_init(unsigned long size, int nid)
 {
        phys_addr_t addr = __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS);
        unsigned long size = sparsemap_buf_end - sparsemap_buf;
 
        if (sparsemap_buf && size > 0)
-               memblock_free_early(__pa(sparsemap_buf), size);
+               sparse_buffer_free(size);
        sparsemap_buf = NULL;
 }
 
                ptr = PTR_ALIGN(sparsemap_buf, size);
                if (ptr + size > sparsemap_buf_end)
                        ptr = NULL;
-               else
+               else {
+                       /* Free redundant aligned space */
+                       if ((unsigned long)(ptr - sparsemap_buf) > 0)
+                               sparse_buffer_free((unsigned long)(ptr - sparsemap_buf));
                        sparsemap_buf = ptr + size;
+               }
        }
        return ptr;
 }