diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 5dcb525a8995..6e368a4658b5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -422,7 +422,12 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 		       (highend_pfn - max_low_pfn) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
 		max_zone_pfns[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = max_low_pfn;
 	}
+
+	max_mapnr = highend_pfn ? highend_pfn : max_low_pfn;
+#else
+	max_mapnr = max_low_pfn;
 #endif
+	high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	free_area_init(max_zone_pfns);
 }
@@ -458,13 +463,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && (PFN_PTE_SHIFT > PAGE_SHIFT));
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	max_mapnr = highend_pfn ? highend_pfn : max_low_pfn;
-#else
-	max_mapnr = max_low_pfn;
-#endif
-	high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
-
 	maar_init();
 	memblock_free_all();
 	setup_zero_pages();	/* Setup zeroed pages.  */