diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 5164069ced42f0d0176369247fa40701292ea511..cddd684364dab2f6503d20132d8f5047615a2a52 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ void __init arm_memblock_init(struct meminfo *mi, struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 	memblock_reserve(__pa(_stext), _end - _stext);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+	if (phys_initrd_size &&
+	    memblock_is_region_reserved(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size)) {
+		pr_err("INITRD: 0x%08lx+0x%08lx overlaps in-use memory region - disabling initrd\n",
+		       phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);
+		phys_initrd_start = phys_initrd_size = 0;
+	}
 	if (phys_initrd_size) {
 		memblock_reserve(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);