diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
index 906eda1158b4df..3cb3dffcbcdc7b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ unsigned long __init bootmem_init(unsigned long *pages_avail)
 	/* Reserve the kernel text/data/bss. */
 	size = (start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) - phys_base;
 	memblock_reserve(phys_base, size);
+	memblock_add(phys_base, size);
 
 	size = memblock_phys_mem_size() - memblock_reserved_size();
 	*pages_avail = (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) - high_pages;