diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index a5ecc9c33e92..7f3eba08e7de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -172,6 +172,6 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start,
 	flush_tlb_all();
 }
 
-extern void zap_low_mappings(void);
+extern void zap_low_mappings(bool early);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_TLBFLUSH_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 7c80007ea5f7..2fecda69ee64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ int __cpuinit native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	err = do_boot_cpu(apicid, cpu);
 
-	zap_low_mappings();
+	zap_low_mappings(false);
 	low_mappings = 0;
 #else
 	err = do_boot_cpu(apicid, cpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 949708d7a481..9ff3c0816d15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static inline void save_pg_dir(void)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP */
 
-void zap_low_mappings(void)
+void zap_low_mappings(bool early)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -581,7 +581,11 @@ void zap_low_mappings(void)
 		set_pgd(swapper_pg_dir+i, __pgd(0));
 #endif
 	}
-	flush_tlb_all();
+
+	if (early)
+		__flush_tlb();
+	else
+		flush_tlb_all();
 }
 
 pteval_t __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~(_PAGE_NX | _PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_IOMAP);
@@ -956,7 +960,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 		test_wp_bit();
 
 	save_pg_dir();
-	zap_low_mappings();
+	zap_low_mappings(true);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG