diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 12774c8e770c..6344913f0804 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -728,7 +728,8 @@ static void *__init late_alloc(unsigned long sz)
 {
 	void *ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(PGALLOC_GFP, get_order(sz));
 
-	BUG_ON(!ptr);
+	if (!ptr || !pgtable_page_ctor(virt_to_page(ptr)))
+		BUG();
 	return ptr;
 }