diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a856331478b9..031aa2e576b6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c1217a75ea102d4e69321f210fab60bc47b9a48e
+refs/heads/master: f68fd5f480248ca49e20e30a8e2387bc54694580
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 11b03d3c6fda..dff1c9e1c2ee 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -415,9 +415,6 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
 			alternatives_smp_unlock(__smp_locks, __smp_locks_end,
 						_text, _etext);
 		}
-		free_init_pages("SMP alternatives",
-				(unsigned long)__smp_locks,
-				(unsigned long)__smp_locks_end);
 	} else {
 		alternatives_smp_module_add(NULL, "core kernel",
 					    __smp_locks, __smp_locks_end,
@@ -428,6 +425,11 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
  	apply_paravirt(__parainstructions, __parainstructions_end);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
+	if (smp_alt_once)
+		free_init_pages("SMP alternatives",
+				(unsigned long)__smp_locks,
+				(unsigned long)__smp_locks_end);
+
 	restart_nmi();
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
 	restart_mce();