diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 43fa75601b3d..03a8a6888ec0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
 			 base + size > memblock_start_of_DRAM() +
 				       linear_region_size,
 			"initrd not fully accessible via the linear mapping -- please check your bootloader ...\n")) {
-			initrd_start = 0;
+			phys_initrd_size = 0;
 		} else {
 			memblock_remove(base, size); /* clear MEMBLOCK_ flags */
 			memblock_add(base, size);