diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index b2cf9460ea60..c19571c40a21 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ 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_memory(phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size)) {
+		pr_err("INITRD: 0x%08lx+0x%08lx is not a memory region - disabling initrd\n",
+		       phys_initrd_start, phys_initrd_size);
+		phys_initrd_start = phys_initrd_size = 0;
+	}
 	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",