diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index a75cc65f0330..84a14b63e912 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,13 @@ void __init __memblock_free_late(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 	end = PFN_DOWN(base + size);
 
 	for (; cursor < end; cursor++) {
-		memblock_free_pages(pfn_to_page(cursor), cursor, 0);
+		/*
+		 * Reserved pages are always initialized by the end of
+		 * memblock_free_all() (by memmap_init() and, if deferred
+		 * initialization is enabled, memmap_init_reserved_pages()), so
+		 * these pages can be released directly to the buddy allocator.
+		 */
+		__free_pages_core(pfn_to_page(cursor), 0);
 		totalram_pages_inc();
 	}
 }