diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
index d56ec0715157..e4962f04201e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct alt_instr {
 
 void __init apply_alternatives_all(void);
 void apply_alternatives(void *start, size_t length);
-void free_alternatives_memory(void);
 
 #define ALTINSTR_ENTRY(feature)						      \
 	" .word 661b - .\n"				/* label           */ \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index ab9db0e9818c..d2ee1b21a10d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -158,9 +158,3 @@ void apply_alternatives(void *start, size_t length)
 
 	__apply_alternatives(&region);
 }
-
-void free_alternatives_memory(void)
-{
-	free_reserved_area(__alt_instructions, __alt_instructions_end,
-			   0, "alternatives");
-}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1cc195872a1f..1a056bb26633 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	PERCPU_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__init_end = .;
-
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.altinstructions : {
 		__alt_instructions = .;
@@ -156,6 +153,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	__init_end = .;
+
 	_data = .;
 	_sdata = .;
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index d43715a14383..f13078bbf66e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	fixup_init();
 	free_initmem_default(0);
-	free_alternatives_memory();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD