diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/init.c b/arch/m68k/mm/init.c
index 519aad8fa812..1af2ca3411f6 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/init.c
@@ -110,18 +110,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU_SUN3
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	addr = (unsigned long) __init_begin;
-	for (; addr < ((unsigned long) __init_end); addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
-		init_page_count(virt_to_page(addr));
-		free_page(addr);
-		totalram_pages++;
-	}
-	pr_notice("Freeing unused kernel memory: %luk freed (0x%x - 0x%x)\n",
-		(addr - (unsigned long) __init_begin) >> 10,
-		(unsigned int) __init_begin, (unsigned int) __init_end);
+	free_initmem_default(0);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU_SUN3 */
 }
 
@@ -213,15 +202,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	int pages = 0;
-	for (; start < end; start += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(start));
-		init_page_count(virt_to_page(start));
-		free_page(start);
-		totalram_pages++;
-		pages++;
-	}
-	pr_notice("Freeing initrd memory: %dk freed\n",
-		pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
+	free_reserved_area(start, end, 0, "initrd");
 }
 #endif