diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index ea933b789a88..42c14eb6bc43 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -154,9 +154,8 @@ static void __init setup_initrd(void)
 
 void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 {
-	phys_addr_t mem_size = 0;
-	phys_addr_t total_mem = 0;
-	phys_addr_t mem_start, start, end = 0;
+	phys_addr_t mem_start = 0;
+	phys_addr_t start, end = 0;
 	phys_addr_t vmlinux_end = __pa_symbol(&_end);
 	phys_addr_t vmlinux_start = __pa_symbol(&_start);
 	u64 i;
@@ -164,21 +163,18 @@ void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 	/* Find the memory region containing the kernel */
 	for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
 		phys_addr_t size = end - start;
-		if (!total_mem)
+		if (!mem_start)
 			mem_start = start;
 		if (start <= vmlinux_start && vmlinux_end <= end)
 			BUG_ON(size == 0);
-		total_mem = total_mem + size;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Remove memblock from the end of usable area to the
-	 * end of region
+	 * The maximal physical memory size is -PAGE_OFFSET.
+	 * Make sure that any memory beyond mem_start + (-PAGE_OFFSET) is removed
+	 * as it is unusable by kernel.
 	 */
-	mem_size = min(total_mem, (phys_addr_t)-PAGE_OFFSET);
-	if (mem_start + mem_size < end)
-		memblock_remove(mem_start + mem_size,
-				end - mem_start - mem_size);
+	memblock_enforce_memory_limit(mem_start - PAGE_OFFSET);
 
 	/* Reserve from the start of the kernel to the end of the kernel */
 	memblock_reserve(vmlinux_start, vmlinux_end - vmlinux_start);