--- /dev/null
+--- a/arch/mips/ar7/memory.c
++++ b/arch/mips/ar7/memory.c
+@@ -67,5 +67,11 @@ void __init prom_meminit(void)
+
+ void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
+ {
+- /* Nothing to free */
++ /* adapted from arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c */
++ unsigned long saddr = PHYS_OFFSET + PAGE_SIZE;
++ unsigned long eaddr = __pa_symbol(&_text);
++
++ /* free memory between prom-record and kernel _text base */
++ if (saddr < eaddr)
++ free_init_pages("prom memory", saddr, eaddr);
+ }