diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 0a04c9a5f042..57de0dde3ae0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -719,14 +719,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_mem_access_prot);
 
 #define vectors_base()	(vectors_high() ? 0xffff0000 : 0)
 
-static void __init *early_alloc_aligned(unsigned long sz, unsigned long align)
-{
-	return memblock_alloc(sz, align);
-}
-
 static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
 {
-	return early_alloc_aligned(sz, sz);
+	return memblock_alloc(sz, sz);
 }
 
 static void *__init late_alloc(unsigned long sz)
@@ -998,7 +993,7 @@ void __init iotable_init(struct map_desc *io_desc, int nr)
 	if (!nr)
 		return;
 
-	svm = early_alloc_aligned(sizeof(*svm) * nr, __alignof__(*svm));
+	svm = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*svm) * nr, __alignof__(*svm));
 
 	for (md = io_desc; nr; md++, nr--) {
 		create_mapping(md);
@@ -1020,7 +1015,7 @@ void __init vm_reserve_area_early(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
 	struct vm_struct *vm;
 	struct static_vm *svm;
 
-	svm = early_alloc_aligned(sizeof(*svm), __alignof__(*svm));
+	svm = memblock_alloc(sizeof(*svm), __alignof__(*svm));
 
 	vm = &svm->vm;
 	vm->addr = (void *)addr;
diff --git a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
index 2281a88f261c..2d1271e2a70d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
+++ b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__node_distance);
 
 int numa_debug_enabled;
 
-/*
- * alloc_node_data() - Allocate node data
- */
-static __init pg_data_t *alloc_node_data(void)
-{
-	return memblock_alloc(sizeof(pg_data_t), 8);
-}
-
 /*
  * numa_setup_memory() - Assign bootmem to nodes
  *
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@ static void __init numa_setup_memory(void)
 
 	/* Allocate and fill out node_data */
 	for (nid = 0; nid < MAX_NUMNODES; nid++)
-		NODE_DATA(nid) = alloc_node_data();
+		NODE_DATA(nid) = memblock_alloc(sizeof(pg_data_t), 8);
 
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {
 		unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/mm/mmu.c b/arch/unicore32/mm/mmu.c
index 50d8c1a39e54..a40219291965 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/mm/mmu.c
@@ -141,16 +141,12 @@ static void __init build_mem_type_table(void)
 
 #define vectors_base()	(vectors_high() ? 0xffff0000 : 0)
 
-static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
-{
-	return memblock_alloc(sz, sz);
-}
-
 static pte_t * __init early_pte_alloc(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long prot)
 {
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
-		pte_t *pte = early_alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+		pte_t *pte = memblock_alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t),
+					    PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
 		__pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(pte) | prot);
 	}
 	BUG_ON(pmd_bad(*pmd));
@@ -352,7 +348,7 @@ static void __init devicemaps_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Allocate the vector page early.
 	 */
-	vectors = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+	vectors = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	for (addr = VMALLOC_END; addr; addr += PGDIR_SIZE)
 		pmd_clear(pmd_off_k(addr));
@@ -429,7 +425,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	top_pmd = pmd_off_k(0xffff0000);
 
 	/* allocate the zero page. */
-	zero_page = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+	zero_page = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	bootmem_init();