diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
index 7c3106093c75..e0e1e1892b86 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ struct screen_info screen_info = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 extern unsigned long initrd_start;
 extern unsigned long initrd_end;
-int initrd_is_mapped = 0;
 extern int initrd_below_start_ok;
 #endif
 
@@ -332,13 +331,11 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* Reserve some memory regions */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	if (initrd_start < initrd_end) {
-		initrd_is_mapped = mem_reserve(__pa(initrd_start),
-					       __pa(initrd_end)) == 0;
+	if (initrd_start < initrd_end &&
+	    !mem_reserve(__pa(initrd_start), __pa(initrd_end)))
 		initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
-	} else {
+	else
 		initrd_start = 0;
-	}
 #endif
 
 	mem_reserve(__pa(_stext), __pa(_end));
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
index 79467c749416..d898ed67d890 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
@@ -203,16 +203,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 		(unsigned long)(__bss_stop - __bss_start) >> 10);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-extern int initrd_is_mapped;
-
-void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-{
-	if (initrd_is_mapped)
-		free_reserved_area((void *)start, (void *)end, -1, "initrd");
-}
-#endif
-
 static void __init parse_memmap_one(char *p)
 {
 	char *oldp;