diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/init.c b/arch/avr32/mm/init.c
index 82cf70854b90..480760bde63f 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/init.c
@@ -224,19 +224,9 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 
-static int keep_initrd;
-
 void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!keep_initrd)
-		free_area(start, end, "initrd");
+	free_area(start, end, "initrd");
 }
 
-static int __init keepinitrd_setup(char *__unused)
-{
-	keep_initrd = 1;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-__setup("keepinitrd", keepinitrd_setup);
 #endif