diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index f6385fc17ad4..679300c050f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1309,8 +1309,6 @@ int add_from_early_node_map(struct range *range, int az,
 				   int nr_range, int nid);
 u64 __init find_memory_core_early(int nid, u64 size, u64 align,
 					u64 goal, u64 limit);
-void *__alloc_memory_core_early(int nodeid, u64 size, u64 align,
-				 u64 goal, u64 limit);
 typedef int (*work_fn_t)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *);
 extern void work_with_active_regions(int nid, work_fn_t work_fn, void *data);
 extern void sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(int nid);
diff --git a/mm/nobootmem.c b/mm/nobootmem.c
index 6a018e49b7be..e2bdb07079ce 100644
--- a/mm/nobootmem.c
+++ b/mm/nobootmem.c
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ unsigned long max_pfn;
 unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
 #endif
 
+static void * __init __alloc_memory_core_early(int nid, u64 size, u64 align,
+					u64 goal, u64 limit)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+	u64 addr;
+
+	if (limit > memblock.current_limit)
+		limit = memblock.current_limit;
+
+	addr = find_memory_core_early(nid, size, align, goal, limit);
+
+	if (addr == MEMBLOCK_ERROR)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ptr = phys_to_virt(addr);
+	memset(ptr, 0, size);
+	memblock_x86_reserve_range(addr, addr + size, "BOOTMEM");
+	/*
+	 * The min_count is set to 0 so that bootmem allocated blocks
+	 * are never reported as leaks.
+	 */
+	kmemleak_alloc(ptr, size, 0, 0);
+	return ptr;
+}
+
 /*
  * free_bootmem_late - free bootmem pages directly to page allocator
  * @addr: starting address of the range
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a243a7fd6922..603513609ba5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3780,34 +3780,6 @@ int __init add_from_early_node_map(struct range *range, int az,
 	return nr_range;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM
-void * __init __alloc_memory_core_early(int nid, u64 size, u64 align,
-					u64 goal, u64 limit)
-{
-	void *ptr;
-	u64 addr;
-
-	if (limit > memblock.current_limit)
-		limit = memblock.current_limit;
-
-	addr = find_memory_core_early(nid, size, align, goal, limit);
-
-	if (addr == MEMBLOCK_ERROR)
-		return NULL;
-
-	ptr = phys_to_virt(addr);
-	memset(ptr, 0, size);
-	memblock_x86_reserve_range(addr, addr + size, "BOOTMEM");
-	/*
-	 * The min_count is set to 0 so that bootmem allocated blocks
-	 * are never reported as leaks.
-	 */
-	kmemleak_alloc(ptr, size, 0, 0);
-	return ptr;
-}
-#endif
-
-
 void __init work_with_active_regions(int nid, work_fn_t work_fn, void *data)
 {
 	int i;