diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 668e94df8cf23a..0131170c9d540a 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -766,14 +766,13 @@ void * __init alloc_bootmem_section(unsigned long size,
 				    unsigned long section_nr)
 {
 	bootmem_data_t *bdata;
-	unsigned long pfn, goal, limit;
+	unsigned long pfn, goal;
 
 	pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(section_nr);
 	goal = pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	limit = section_nr_to_pfn(section_nr + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	bdata = &bootmem_node_data[early_pfn_to_nid(pfn)];
 
-	return alloc_bootmem_core(bdata, size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal, limit);
+	return alloc_bootmem_core(bdata, size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal, 0);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 61d7cde23111e9..a8bc7d364deb0a 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -353,29 +353,21 @@ static void __init sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_node(unsigned long**usemap_map,
 
 	usemap = sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(NODE_DATA(nodeid),
 								 usemap_count);
-	if (usemap) {
-		for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
-			if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
-				continue;
-			usemap_map[pnum] = usemap;
-			usemap += size;
+	if (!usemap) {
+		usemap = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nodeid), size * usemap_count);
+		if (!usemap) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: allocation failed\n", __func__);
+			return;
 		}
-		return;
 	}
 
-	usemap = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nodeid), size * usemap_count);
-	if (usemap) {
-		for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
-			if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
-				continue;
-			usemap_map[pnum] = usemap;
-			usemap += size;
-			check_usemap_section_nr(nodeid, usemap_map[pnum]);
-		}
-		return;
+	for (pnum = pnum_begin; pnum < pnum_end; pnum++) {
+		if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+			continue;
+		usemap_map[pnum] = usemap;
+		usemap += size;
+		check_usemap_section_nr(nodeid, usemap_map[pnum]);
 	}
-
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: allocation failed\n", __func__);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP