diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index 0aa526298e92..116a491e2961 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -645,15 +645,15 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		}
 	}
 #endif
-
-	sparse_init();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
 	if (crashk_res.start != crashk_res.end) {
 		reserve_bootmem(crashk_res.start,
 			crashk_res.end - crashk_res.start + 1);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	sparse_init();
+
 	paging_init();
 
 	check_ioapic();