diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 2de22d703076..984e9d65ea0d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2540,9 +2540,16 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	high_memory = __va(last_valid_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	register_page_bootmem_info();
 	free_all_bootmem();
 
+	/*
+	 * Must be done after boot memory is put on freelist, because here we
+	 * might set fields in deferred struct pages that have not yet been
+	 * initialized, and free_all_bootmem() initializes all the reserved
+	 * deferred pages for us.
+	 */
+	register_page_bootmem_info();
+
 	/*
 	 * Set up the zero page, mark it reserved, so that page count
 	 * is not manipulated when freeing the page from user ptes.