diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index fa16b906ea3f..c7a2ccee3f5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -264,16 +264,12 @@ static void __init relocate_initrd(void)
 	u64 area_size     = PAGE_ALIGN(ramdisk_size);
 
 	/* We need to move the initrd down into directly mapped mem */
-	relocated_ramdisk = memblock_find_in_range(0, PFN_PHYS(max_pfn_mapped),
-						   area_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-
+	relocated_ramdisk = memblock_phys_alloc_range(area_size, PAGE_SIZE, 0,
+						      PFN_PHYS(max_pfn_mapped));
 	if (!relocated_ramdisk)
 		panic("Cannot find place for new RAMDISK of size %lld\n",
 		      ramdisk_size);
 
-	/* Note: this includes all the mem currently occupied by
-	   the initrd, we rely on that fact to keep the data intact. */
-	memblock_reserve(relocated_ramdisk, area_size);
 	initrd_start = relocated_ramdisk + PAGE_OFFSET;
 	initrd_end   = initrd_start + ramdisk_size;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Allocated new RAMDISK: [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
@@ -300,13 +296,13 @@ static void __init early_reserve_initrd(void)
 
 	memblock_reserve(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end - ramdisk_image);
 }
+
 static void __init reserve_initrd(void)
 {
 	/* Assume only end is not page aligned */
 	u64 ramdisk_image = get_ramdisk_image();
 	u64 ramdisk_size  = get_ramdisk_size();
 	u64 ramdisk_end   = PAGE_ALIGN(ramdisk_image + ramdisk_size);
-	u64 mapped_size;
 
 	if (!boot_params.hdr.type_of_loader ||
 	    !ramdisk_image || !ramdisk_size)
@@ -314,12 +310,6 @@ static void __init reserve_initrd(void)
 
 	initrd_start = 0;
 
-	mapped_size = memblock_mem_size(max_pfn_mapped);
-	if (ramdisk_size >= (mapped_size>>1))
-		panic("initrd too large to handle, "
-		       "disabling initrd (%lld needed, %lld available)\n",
-		       ramdisk_size, mapped_size>>1);
-
 	printk(KERN_INFO "RAMDISK: [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n", ramdisk_image,
 			ramdisk_end - 1);