diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 3be0e6ba2797..0d57909d9026 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ static void __init arch_mem_init(char **cmdline_p)
 	device_tree_init();
 	sparse_init();
 	plat_swiotlb_setup();
-	paging_init();
 
 	dma_contiguous_reserve(PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn));
 	/* Tell bootmem about cma reserved memblock section */
@@ -877,6 +876,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	prefill_possible_map();
 
 	cpu_cache_init();
+	paging_init();
 }
 
 unsigned long kernelsp[NR_CPUS];
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 2c3749d98f04..72f7478ee068 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ static inline void mem_init_free_highmem(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
+	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
+		return;
+
 	for (tmp = highstart_pfn; tmp < highend_pfn; tmp++) {
 		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(tmp);