diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 6026fdd1b2ed..d58edf5fefdb 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2020,6 +2020,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_PAGE_CACHE);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 unsigned long vmemmap_table[VMEMMAP_SIZE];
 
+static long __meminitdata addr_start, addr_end;
+static int __meminitdata node_start;
+
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
 {
 	unsigned long vstart = (unsigned long) start;
@@ -2050,15 +2053,30 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
 
 			*vmem_pp = pte_base | __pa(block);
 
-			printk(KERN_INFO "[%p-%p] page_structs=%lu "
-			       "node=%d entry=%lu/%lu\n", start, block, nr,
-			       node,
-			       addr >> VMEMMAP_CHUNK_SHIFT,
-			       VMEMMAP_SIZE);
+			/* check to see if we have contiguous blocks */
+			if (addr_end != addr || node_start != node) {
+				if (addr_start)
+					printk(KERN_DEBUG " [%lx-%lx] on node %d\n",
+					       addr_start, addr_end-1, node_start);
+				addr_start = addr;
+				node_start = node;
+			}
+			addr_end = addr + VMEMMAP_CHUNK;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
+{
+	if (addr_start) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG " [%lx-%lx] on node %d\n",
+		       addr_start, addr_end-1, node_start);
+		addr_start = 0;
+		addr_end = 0;
+		node_start = 0;
+	}
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
 static void prot_init_common(unsigned long page_none,