diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 39b25a5a591b..12aae706cb27 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ config HOLES_IN_ZONE
 	bool
 	default y if VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
 
-config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
-	def_bool NUMA && SPARSEMEM
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_NODEDATA_EXTENSION
 	def_bool y
 	depends on NUMA
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
index f34964271101..46b6e5f3a40f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
@@ -58,36 +58,6 @@ paddr_to_nid(unsigned long paddr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(paddr_to_nid);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
-/*
- * Because of holes evaluate on section limits.
- * If the section of memory exists, then return the node where the section
- * resides.  Otherwise return node 0 as the default.  This is used by
- * SPARSEMEM to allocate the SPARSEMEM sectionmap on the NUMA node where
- * the section resides.
- */
-int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn,
-					struct mminit_pfnnid_cache *state)
-{
-	int i, section = pfn >> PFN_SECTION_SHIFT, ssec, esec;
-
-	if (section >= state->last_start && section < state->last_end)
-		return state->last_nid;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num_node_memblks; i++) {
-		ssec = node_memblk[i].start_paddr >> PA_SECTION_SHIFT;
-		esec = (node_memblk[i].start_paddr + node_memblk[i].size +
-			((1L << PA_SECTION_SHIFT) - 1)) >> PA_SECTION_SHIFT;
-		if (section >= ssec && section < esec) {
-			state->last_start = ssec;
-			state->last_end = esec;
-			state->last_nid = node_memblk[i].nid;
-			return node_memblk[i].nid;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
 void numa_clear_node(int cpu)
 {
 	unmap_cpu_from_node(cpu, NUMA_NO_NODE);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ef360fe70aaf..ac51b07b9021 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2433,9 +2433,6 @@ static inline int early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 #else
 /* please see mm/page_alloc.c */
 extern int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn);
-/* there is a per-arch backend function. */
-extern int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn,
-					struct mminit_pfnnid_cache *state);
 #endif
 
 extern void set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index fb3bf696c05e..876600a6e891 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1428,17 +1428,6 @@ void sparse_init(void);
 #define subsection_map_init(_pfn, _nr_pages) do {} while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
-/*
- * During memory init memblocks map pfns to nids. The search is expensive and
- * this caches recent lookups. The implementation of __early_pfn_to_nid
- * may treat start/end as pfns or sections.
- */
-struct mminit_pfnnid_cache {
-	unsigned long last_start;
-	unsigned long last_end;
-	int last_nid;
-};
-
 /*
  * If it is possible to have holes within a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES, then we
  * need to check pfn validity within that MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block.
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 23f5066bd4a5..1fdbf8da77af 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1558,14 +1558,23 @@ void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
-static struct mminit_pfnnid_cache early_pfnnid_cache __meminitdata;
+/*
+ * During memory init memblocks map pfns to nids. The search is expensive and
+ * this caches recent lookups. The implementation of __early_pfn_to_nid
+ * treats start/end as pfns.
+ */
+struct mminit_pfnnid_cache {
+	unsigned long last_start;
+	unsigned long last_end;
+	int last_nid;
+};
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
+static struct mminit_pfnnid_cache early_pfnnid_cache __meminitdata;
 
 /*
  * Required by SPARSEMEM. Given a PFN, return what node the PFN is on.
  */
-int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn,
+static int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn,
 					struct mminit_pfnnid_cache *state)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
@@ -1583,7 +1592,6 @@ int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn,
 
 	return nid;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID */
 
 int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
