diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 4324b93ccebd..79f93f2a90cf 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ void __meminit reserve_bootmem_region(phys_addr_t start,
 static bool __meminit
 overlap_memmap_init(unsigned long zone, unsigned long *pfn)
 {
-	static struct memblock_region *r;
+	static struct memblock_region *r __meminitdata;
 
 	if (mirrored_kernelcore && zone == ZONE_MOVABLE) {
 		if (!r || *pfn >= memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(r)) {
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 24a37676cecb..6eadb9d116e4 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
 		gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL|__GFP_NOWARN;
 		int order = get_order(size);
-		static bool warned;
+		static bool warned __meminitdata;
 		struct page *page;
 
 		page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask, order);