static void __init arm_initrd_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+       phys_addr_t start;
+       unsigned long size;
+
        /* FDT scan will populate initrd_start */
        if (initrd_start && !phys_initrd_size) {
                phys_initrd_start = __virt_to_phys(initrd_start);
        if (!phys_initrd_size)
                return;
 
-       if (!memblock_is_region_memory(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size)) {
+       /*
+        * Round the memory region to page boundaries as per free_initrd_mem()
+        * This allows us to detect whether the pages overlapping the initrd
+        * are in use, but more importantly, reserves the entire set of pages
+        * as we don't want these pages allocated for other purposes.
+        */
+       start = round_down(phys_initrd_start, PAGE_SIZE);
+       size = phys_initrd_size + (phys_initrd_start - start);
+       size = round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+       if (!memblock_is_region_memory(start, size)) {
                pr_err("INITRD: 0x%08llx+0x%08lx is not a memory region - disabling initrd\n",
-                      (u64)phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);
+                      (u64)start, size);
                return;
        }
 
-       if (memblock_is_region_reserved(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size)) {
+       if (memblock_is_region_reserved(start, size)) {
                pr_err("INITRD: 0x%08llx+0x%08lx overlaps in-use memory region - disabling initrd\n",
-                      (u64)phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);
+                      (u64)start, size);
                return;
        }
 
-       memblock_reserve(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);
+       memblock_reserve(start, size);
 
        /* Now convert initrd to virtual addresses */
        initrd_start = __phys_to_virt(phys_initrd_start);