diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 19347dc6bbf8..21a5a7ac0037 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void * __init pcpu_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t size,
 
 static void __init pcpu_fc_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(ptr), size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(ptr), size);
 }
 
 void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
index 87f001b4c4e4..f12229ce7301 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ void __init svm_swiotlb_init(void)
 		return;
 
 
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(vstart),
-			    PAGE_ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT));
+	memblock_free(__pa(vstart), PAGE_ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT));
 	panic("SVM: Cannot allocate SWIOTLB buffer");
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index 1a04e5bdf655..066efd6d9345 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ void __init smp_detect_cpus(void)
 
 	/* Add CPUs present at boot */
 	__smp_rescan_cpus(info, true);
-	memblock_free_early((unsigned long)info, sizeof(*info));
+	memblock_free((unsigned long)info, sizeof(*info));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_numa.c b/drivers/base/arch_numa.c
index a6491673dc1f..ade8934764f6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/arch_numa.c
+++ b/drivers/base/arch_numa.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void * __init pcpu_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t size,
 
 static void __init pcpu_fc_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(ptr), size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(ptr), size);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early.c
index f3d5c7f4c13d..f01d942e1c1d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int __init sclp_early_get_core_info(struct sclp_core_info *info)
 	}
 	sclp_fill_core_info(info, sccb);
 out:
-	memblock_free_early((unsigned long)sccb, length);
+	memblock_free((unsigned long)sccb, length);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 34de69b3b8ba..fc8183be340c 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -441,18 +441,6 @@ static inline void *memblock_alloc_node(phys_addr_t size,
 				      MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, nid);
 }
 
-static inline void memblock_free_early(phys_addr_t base,
-					      phys_addr_t size)
-{
-	memblock_free(base, size);
-}
-
-static inline void memblock_free_early_nid(phys_addr_t base,
-						  phys_addr_t size, int nid)
-{
-	memblock_free(base, size);
-}
-
 static inline void memblock_free_late(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 {
 	__memblock_free_late(base, size);
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 87c40517e822..430d2f78d540 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ swiotlb_init(int verbose)
 	return;
 
 fail_free_mem:
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(tlb), bytes);
+	memblock_free(__pa(tlb), bytes);
 fail:
 	pr_warn("Cannot allocate buffer");
 }
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index c3c76b833384..045779446a18 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_cpumask_var);
  */
 void __init free_bootmem_cpumask_var(cpumask_var_t mask)
 {
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(mask), cpumask_size());
+	memblock_free(__pa(mask), cpumask_size());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index e0a986818903..f58318cb04c0 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ struct pcpu_alloc_info * __init pcpu_alloc_alloc_info(int nr_groups,
  */
 void __init pcpu_free_alloc_info(struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai)
 {
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(ai), ai->__ai_size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(ai), ai->__ai_size);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3134,7 +3134,7 @@ out_free_areas:
 out_free:
 	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
 	if (areas)
-		memblock_free_early(__pa(areas), areas_size);
+		memblock_free(__pa(areas), areas_size);
 	return rc;
 }
 #endif /* BUILD_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK */
@@ -3256,7 +3256,7 @@ enomem:
 		free_fn(page_address(pages[j]), PAGE_SIZE);
 	rc = -ENOMEM;
 out_free_ar:
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(pages), pages_size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(pages), pages_size);
 	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static void * __init pcpu_dfl_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t size,
 
 static void __init pcpu_dfl_fc_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(ptr), size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(ptr), size);
 }
 
 void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 120bc8ea5293..55fea0c2f927 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static void *sparsemap_buf_end __meminitdata;
 static inline void __meminit sparse_buffer_free(unsigned long size)
 {
 	WARN_ON(!sparsemap_buf || size == 0);
-	memblock_free_early(__pa(sparsemap_buf), size);
+	memblock_free(__pa(sparsemap_buf), size);
 }
 
 static void __init sparse_buffer_init(unsigned long size, int nid)