diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index ee3bd7921768..304c88da5cce 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2642,6 +2642,7 @@ void __init mm_core_init_early(void)
 {
 	kho_memory_init_early();
 
+	sparse_sections_init();
 	free_area_init();
 
 	hugetlb_cma_reserve();
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e6cb67ca9c8d..428d81838ece 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -191,12 +191,7 @@ static void __init memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long en
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Mark all memblocks as present using memory_present().
- * This is a convenience function that is useful to mark all of the systems
- * memory as present during initialization.
- */
-static void __init memblocks_present(void)
+void __init sparse_sections_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	int i, nid;
@@ -322,8 +317,6 @@ void __init sparse_init(void)
 	unsigned long pnum_end, pnum_begin, map_count = 1;
 	int nid_begin;
 
-	memblocks_present();
-
 	if (compound_info_has_mask()) {
 		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) pfn_to_page(0),
 				    MAX_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_ALIGN));
diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
index 74dd79c51e75..e998347867f4 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.h
+++ b/mm/sparse.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static inline bool vmemmap_optimizable_order(unsigned int order)
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 void sparse_init(void);
+void sparse_sections_init(void);
 int sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid);
 
 static inline void sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ static inline bool section_vmemmap_optimizable(const struct mem_section *ms)
 }
 #else
 static inline void sparse_init(void) {}
+static inline void sparse_sections_init(void) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
 /*