diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 16ac6df3c89f..c92bbc3f3aa3 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -239,15 +239,8 @@ struct page __init *__populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
 		struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	unsigned long size = section_map_size();
-	struct page *map;
-	phys_addr_t addr = __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS);
 
-	map = memmap_alloc(size, size, addr, nid, false);
-	if (!map)
-		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=0x%lx nid=%d from=%pa\n",
-		      __func__, size, PAGE_SIZE, nid, &addr);
-
-	return map;
+	return memmap_alloc(size, size, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), nid, false);
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
@@ -300,17 +293,14 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
 				   unsigned long map_count)
 {
 	unsigned long pnum;
-	struct page *map;
-	struct mem_section *ms;
 
-	if (sparse_usage_init(nid, map_count)) {
-		pr_err("%s: node[%d] usemap allocation failed", __func__, nid);
-		goto failed;
-	}
+	if (sparse_usage_init(nid, map_count))
+		panic("Failed to allocate usemap for node %d\n", nid);
 
 	sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early(nid);
 
 	for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
+		struct mem_section *ms;
 		unsigned long pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(pnum);
 
 		if (pnum >= pnum_end)
@@ -318,34 +308,18 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
 
 		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
 		if (!preinited_vmemmap_section(ms)) {
+			struct page *map;
+
 			map = __populate_section_memmap(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION,
-					nid, NULL, NULL);
-			if (!map) {
-				pr_err("%s: node[%d] memory map backing failed. Some memory will not be available.",
-				       __func__, nid);
-				pnum_begin = pnum;
-				sparse_usage_fini();
-				goto failed;
-			}
+							nid, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!map)
+				panic("Failed to allocate memmap for section %lu\n", pnum);
 			memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page),
 							   PAGE_SIZE));
 			sparse_init_early_section(nid, map, pnum, 0);
 		}
 	}
 	sparse_usage_fini();
-	return;
-failed:
-	/*
-	 * We failed to allocate, mark all the following pnums as not present,
-	 * except the ones already initialized earlier.
-	 */
-	for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
-		if (pnum >= pnum_end)
-			break;
-		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
-		if (!preinited_vmemmap_section(ms))
-			ms->section_mem_map = 0;
-	}
 }
 
 /*