diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
index b958916e5eac..8f37fdd80be9 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	high_memory = phys_to_virt(max_addr);
 
 	min_low_pfn = availmem >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	max_low_pfn = max_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	max_pfn = max_low_pfn = max_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < m68k_num_memory; i++) {
 		addr = m68k_memory[i].addr;