diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
index 8aa438e1f51f..b18e775f8be3 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -292,13 +292,15 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	init_mm.brk = (unsigned long)_end;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	initrd_start = (unsigned long)&__initrd_start;
-	initrd_end = (unsigned long)&__initrd_end;
 	if (initrd_start == initrd_end) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Initial ramdisk not found\n");
 		initrd_start = 0;
 		initrd_end = 0;
+	} else {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Initial ramdisk at: 0x%p (%lu bytes)\n",
+		       (void *)(initrd_start), initrd_end - initrd_start);
+		initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
 	}
-	initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
 #endif
 
 	/* setup memblock allocator */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 60449fd7f16f..22fbc5fb24b3 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -96,18 +96,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
         __init_end = .;
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.initrd			: AT(ADDR(.initrd) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-	{
-		__initrd_start = .;
-		*(.initrd)
-		__initrd_end = .;
-		FILL (0);
-                . = ALIGN (PAGE_SIZE);
-	}
-
-        __vmlinux_end = .;            /* last address of the physical file */
-
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0x20)
 
         _end = .;