diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index a0e0c82c1e4c..79e3549cab0f 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ struct pcpu_alloc_info * __init pcpu_alloc_alloc_info(int nr_groups,
 			  __alignof__(ai->groups[0].cpu_map[0]));
 	ai_size = base_size + nr_units * sizeof(ai->groups[0].cpu_map[0]);
 
-	ptr = memblock_virt_alloc_nopanic(PFN_ALIGN(ai_size), 0);
+	ptr = memblock_virt_alloc_nopanic(PFN_ALIGN(ai_size), PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (!ptr)
 		return NULL;
 	ai = ptr;
@@ -2719,6 +2719,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 
 	if (pcpu_setup_first_chunk(ai, fc) < 0)
 		panic("Failed to initialize percpu areas.");
+	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
 }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */