diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 09376f5b1d92..098975861523 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	/* Align memmap to section boundary in the subsection case */
 	if (section_nr_to_pfn(section_nr) != start_pfn)
 		memmap = pfn_to_page(section_nr_to_pfn(section_nr));
-	sparse_init_one_section(ms, section_nr, memmap, ms->usage, 0);
+	sparse_init_one_section(ms, section_nr, memmap, ms->usage);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 5d2d9f95d402..702904b41700 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void __init sparse_metadata_init_nid(int nid,
 			      section_nr);
 		memmap_boot_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
 		sparse_init_one_section(__nr_to_section(section_nr), section_nr,
-					mem_map, usage, 0);
+					mem_map, usage);
 		usage = (void *)usage + mem_section_usage_size();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
index 19664d702af8..fdbc4cacf91d 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.h
+++ b/mm/sparse.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid);
 
 static inline void sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
 		unsigned long section_nr, struct page *mem_map,
-		struct mem_section_usage *usage, unsigned long flags)
+		struct mem_section_usage *usage)
 {
 	unsigned long coded_mem_map;
 
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ static inline void sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(coded_mem_map & ~SECTION_MAP_MASK);
 
 	ms->section_mem_map &= ~SECTION_MAP_MASK;
-	ms->section_mem_map |= coded_mem_map;
-	ms->section_mem_map |= flags | SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP;
+	ms->section_mem_map |= coded_mem_map | SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP;
 	ms->usage = usage;
 }