diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
index 7e8d22fef29c..7834adbe1774 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -139,14 +139,6 @@
 #define arch_adjust_zones(node,size,holes) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Amount of memory reserved for the vmalloc() area, and minimum
- * address for vmalloc mappings.
- */
-extern unsigned long vmalloc_reserve;
-
-#define VMALLOC_MIN		(void *)(VMALLOC_END - vmalloc_reserve)
-
 /*
  * PFNs are used to describe any physical page; this means
  * PFN 0 == physical address 0.
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 2f5d3641f2ed..e4a975fa2d7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_serial_high);
 unsigned int elf_hwcap;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_hwcap);
 
-unsigned long __initdata vmalloc_reserve = 128 << 20;
-
 
 #ifdef MULTI_CPU
 struct processor processor;
@@ -414,17 +412,6 @@ static void __init early_mem(char **p)
 }
 __early_param("mem=", early_mem);
 
-/*
- * vmalloc=size forces the vmalloc area to be exactly 'size'
- * bytes. This can be used to increase (or decrease) the vmalloc
- * area - the default is 128m.
- */
-static void __init early_vmalloc(char **arg)
-{
-	vmalloc_reserve = memparse(*arg, arg);
-}
-__early_param("vmalloc=", early_vmalloc);
-
 /*
  * Initial parsing of the command line.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index f03ad87f6baa..e7af83e569d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -566,6 +566,28 @@ void __init iotable_init(struct map_desc *io_desc, int nr)
 		create_mapping(io_desc + i);
 }
 
+static unsigned long __initdata vmalloc_reserve = SZ_128M;
+
+/*
+ * vmalloc=size forces the vmalloc area to be exactly 'size'
+ * bytes. This can be used to increase (or decrease) the vmalloc
+ * area - the default is 128m.
+ */
+static void __init early_vmalloc(char **arg)
+{
+	vmalloc_reserve = memparse(*arg, arg);
+
+	if (vmalloc_reserve < SZ_16M) {
+		vmalloc_reserve = SZ_16M;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"vmalloc area too small, limiting to %luMB\n",
+			vmalloc_reserve >> 20);
+	}
+}
+__early_param("vmalloc=", early_vmalloc);
+
+#define VMALLOC_MIN	(void *)(VMALLOC_END - vmalloc_reserve)
+
 static int __init check_membank_valid(struct membank *mb)
 {
 	/*