diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index f08ae71c46ffddad7a509b4daff7b2e578a1a86c..25abe91da4ac820d26207bee1537c5431efaeab5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
 	free_area_init(zones_size);
 #else
-	pfn = 0;
+	pfn = min_low_pfn;
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++)
 		for (j = 0; j < zones_size[i]; j++, pfn++)
 			if (!page_is_ram(pfn))