diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 0394150be24b..bd18862ac30b 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1821,7 +1821,6 @@ static void __init free_area_init(void)
 	bool descending;
 
 	arch_zone_limits_init(max_zone_pfn);
-	sparse_init();
 
 	start_pfn = PHYS_PFN(memblock_start_of_DRAM());
 	descending = arch_has_descending_max_zone_pfns();
@@ -1910,11 +1909,7 @@ static void __init free_area_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
-		sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late(nid);
-
 	calc_nr_kernel_pages();
-	memmap_init();
 
 	/* disable hash distribution for systems with a single node */
 	fixup_hashdist();
@@ -2686,10 +2681,17 @@ void __init __weak mem_init(void)
 
 void __init mm_core_init_early(void)
 {
+	int nid;
+
 	hugetlb_cma_reserve();
 	hugetlb_bootmem_alloc();
 
 	free_area_init();
+
+	sparse_init();
+	for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
+		sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late(nid);
+	memmap_init();
 }
 
 /*