diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index adc3127573cd..51960079875b 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2244,6 +2244,8 @@ void __init init_cma_reserved_pageblock(struct page *page)
 
 	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_CMA);
 	set_page_refcounted(page);
+	/* pages were reserved and not allocated */
+	clear_page_tag_ref(page);
 	__free_pages(page, pageblock_order);
 
 	adjust_managed_page_count(page, pageblock_nr_pages);