diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 3a7279c..ea36186 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
@@ -349,12 +350,43 @@
 	free_area_init_node(node, zone_size, min, zhole_size);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	struct meminfo *mi = &meminfo;
+	unsigned int left = 0, right = mi->nr_banks;
+
+	do {
+		unsigned int mid = (right + left) / 2;
+		struct membank *bank = &mi->bank[mid];
+
+		if (pfn < bank_pfn_start(bank))
+			right = mid;
+		else if (pfn >= bank_pfn_end(bank))
+			left = mid + 1;
+		else
+			return 1;
+	} while (left < right);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_valid);
+#endif
+
+static int __init meminfo_cmp(const void *_a, const void *_b)
+{
+	const struct membank *a = _a, *b = _b;
+	long cmp = bank_pfn_start(a) - bank_pfn_start(b);
+	return cmp < 0 ? -1 : cmp > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 void __init bootmem_init(void)
 {
 	struct meminfo *mi = &meminfo;
 	unsigned long min, max_low, max_high;
 	int node, initrd_node;
 
+	sort(&mi->bank, mi->nr_banks, sizeof(mi->bank[0]), meminfo_cmp, NULL);
+
 	/*
 	 * Locate which node contains the ramdisk image, if any.
 	 */