diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 29f7c6d..0d0ddcb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
 	BUG_ON(!mem_map);
 #endif
+
+	set_highmem_pages_init();
+
 	/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
 	totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();
 
@@ -771,8 +774,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 		if (page_is_ram(tmp) && PageReserved(pfn_to_page(tmp)))
 			reservedpages++;
 
-	set_highmem_pages_init();
-
 	codesize =  (unsigned long) &_etext - (unsigned long) &_text;
 	datasize =  (unsigned long) &_edata - (unsigned long) &_etext;
 	initsize =  (unsigned long) &__init_end - (unsigned long) &__init_begin;