diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index bb7dc57..0ab82a4 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -574,6 +574,28 @@
 	setup_nr_cpu_ids();
 	smp_prepare_boot_cpu();	/* arch-specific boot-cpu hooks */
 
+	build_all_zonelists();
+	page_alloc_init();
+
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "Kernel command line: %s\n", boot_command_line);
+	parse_early_param();
+	parse_args("Booting kernel", static_command_line, __start___param,
+		   __stop___param - __start___param,
+		   &unknown_bootoption);
+	/*
+	 * These use large bootmem allocations and must precede
+	 * kmem_cache_init()
+	 */
+	pidhash_init();
+	vmalloc_init();
+	vfs_caches_init_early();
+	sort_main_extable();
+	trap_init();
+	/*
+	 * Set up kernel memory allocators
+	 */
+	mem_init();
+	kmem_cache_init();
 	/*
 	 * Set up the scheduler prior starting any interrupts (such as the
 	 * timer interrupt). Full topology setup happens at smp_init()
@@ -585,25 +607,15 @@
 	 * fragile until we cpu_idle() for the first time.
 	 */
 	preempt_disable();
-	build_all_zonelists();
-	page_alloc_init();
-	printk(KERN_NOTICE "Kernel command line: %s\n", boot_command_line);
-	parse_early_param();
-	parse_args("Booting kernel", static_command_line, __start___param,
-		   __stop___param - __start___param,
-		   &unknown_bootoption);
 	if (!irqs_disabled()) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
 				"enabled *very* early, fixing it\n");
 		local_irq_disable();
 	}
-	sort_main_extable();
-	trap_init();
 	rcu_init();
 	/* init some links before init_ISA_irqs() */
 	early_irq_init();
 	init_IRQ();
-	pidhash_init();
 	init_timers();
 	hrtimers_init();
 	softirq_init();
@@ -645,14 +657,10 @@
 		initrd_start = 0;
 	}
 #endif
-	vmalloc_init();
-	vfs_caches_init_early();
 	cpuset_init_early();
 	page_cgroup_init();
-	mem_init();
 	enable_debug_pagealloc();
 	cpu_hotplug_init();
-	kmem_cache_init();
 	kmemtrace_init();
 	debug_objects_mem_init();
 	idr_init_cache();