diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index a706e9057ba5..68aba413d403 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -635,12 +635,8 @@ void __init early_res_to_bootmem(u64 start, u64 end)
 			continue;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "  early res: %d [%llx-%llx] %s\n", i,
 			final_start, final_end - 1, r->name);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-		reserve_bootmem_generic(final_start, final_end - final_start);
-#else
 		reserve_bootmem(final_start, final_end - final_start,
 				BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
-#endif
 	}
 }