diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index b8884de89c81..82e44b31aad5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ static void __init request_crashkernel(struct resource *res)
 
 static void __init check_kernel_sections_mem(void)
 {
-	phys_addr_t start = PFN_PHYS(PFN_DOWN(__pa_symbol(&_text)));
-	phys_addr_t size = PFN_PHYS(PFN_UP(__pa_symbol(&_end))) - start;
+	phys_addr_t start = __pa_symbol(&_text);
+	phys_addr_t size = __pa_symbol(&_end) - start;
 
 	if (!memblock_is_region_memory(start, size)) {
 		pr_info("Kernel sections are not in the memory maps\n");