diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-hash64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-hash64.h
index 7514ec2f8540..2102b214a87c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-hash64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-hash64.h
@@ -373,6 +373,38 @@ extern void slb_set_size(u16 size);
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
+/*
+ * For the sub-page protection option, we extend the PGD with one of
+ * these.  Basically we have a 3-level tree, with the top level being
+ * the protptrs array.  To optimize speed and memory consumption when
+ * only addresses < 4GB are being protected, pointers to the first
+ * four pages of sub-page protection words are stored in the low_prot
+ * array.
+ * Each page of sub-page protection words protects 1GB (4 bytes
+ * protects 64k).  For the 3-level tree, each page of pointers then
+ * protects 8TB.
+ */
+struct subpage_prot_table {
+	unsigned long maxaddr;	/* only addresses < this are protected */
+	unsigned int **protptrs[2];
+	unsigned int *low_prot[4];
+};
+
+#define SBP_L1_BITS		(PAGE_SHIFT - 2)
+#define SBP_L2_BITS		(PAGE_SHIFT - 3)
+#define SBP_L1_COUNT		(1 << SBP_L1_BITS)
+#define SBP_L2_COUNT		(1 << SBP_L2_BITS)
+#define SBP_L2_SHIFT		(PAGE_SHIFT + SBP_L1_BITS)
+#define SBP_L3_SHIFT		(SBP_L2_SHIFT + SBP_L2_BITS)
+
+extern void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm);
+extern void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm);
+#else
+static inline void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
+static inline void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
+
 typedef unsigned long mm_context_id_t;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -386,6 +418,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	u16 sllp;		/* SLB page size encoding */
 #endif
 	unsigned long vdso_base;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
+	struct subpage_prot_table spt;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
 } mm_context_t;
 
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc-64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc-64.h
index 5c1cd73dafa8..605f5c5398d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc-64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc-64.h
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
  */
 #define MAX_PGTABLE_INDEX_SIZE	0xf
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
-static inline void subpage_prot_free(pgd_t *pgd) {}
-#endif
-
 extern struct kmem_cache *pgtable_cache[];
 #define PGT_CACHE(shift) (pgtable_cache[(shift)-1])
 
@@ -42,7 +38,6 @@ static inline pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 {
-	subpage_prot_free(pgd);
 	kmem_cache_free(PGT_CACHE(PGD_INDEX_SIZE), pgd);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
index 82b72207c51c..c4490f9c67c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
@@ -76,41 +76,4 @@
 	remap_pfn_range((vma), (addr), (pfn), PAGE_SIZE,		\
 			__pgprot(pgprot_val((prot)) | _PAGE_4K_PFN))
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
-/*
- * For the sub-page protection option, we extend the PGD with one of
- * these.  Basically we have a 3-level tree, with the top level being
- * the protptrs array.  To optimize speed and memory consumption when
- * only addresses < 4GB are being protected, pointers to the first
- * four pages of sub-page protection words are stored in the low_prot
- * array.
- * Each page of sub-page protection words protects 1GB (4 bytes
- * protects 64k).  For the 3-level tree, each page of pointers then
- * protects 8TB.
- */
-struct subpage_prot_table {
-	unsigned long maxaddr;	/* only addresses < this are protected */
-	unsigned int **protptrs[2];
-	unsigned int *low_prot[4];
-};
-
-#undef PGD_TABLE_SIZE
-#define PGD_TABLE_SIZE		((sizeof(pgd_t) << PGD_INDEX_SIZE) + \
-				 sizeof(struct subpage_prot_table))
-
-#define SBP_L1_BITS		(PAGE_SHIFT - 2)
-#define SBP_L2_BITS		(PAGE_SHIFT - 3)
-#define SBP_L1_COUNT		(1 << SBP_L1_BITS)
-#define SBP_L2_COUNT		(1 << SBP_L2_BITS)
-#define SBP_L2_SHIFT		(PAGE_SHIFT + SBP_L1_BITS)
-#define SBP_L3_SHIFT		(SBP_L2_SHIFT + SBP_L2_BITS)
-
-extern void subpage_prot_free(pgd_t *pgd);
-
-static inline struct subpage_prot_table *pgd_subpage_prot(pgd_t *pgd)
-{
-	return (struct subpage_prot_table *)(pgd + PTRS_PER_PGD);
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
 #endif	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index 6810128aba30..50f867d657df 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -835,9 +835,9 @@ void demote_segment_4k(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
  * Result is 0: full permissions, _PAGE_RW: read-only,
  * _PAGE_USER or _PAGE_USER|_PAGE_RW: no access.
  */
-static int subpage_protection(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea)
+static int subpage_protection(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 {
-	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = pgd_subpage_prot(pgdir);
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = &mm->context.spt;
 	u32 spp = 0;
 	u32 **sbpm, *sbpp;
 
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static int subpage_protection(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea)
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
-static inline int subpage_protection(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea)
+static inline int subpage_protection(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash64.c
index b9e4cc2c2057..b910d37aea1a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash64.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	 */
 	if (slice_mm_new_context(mm))
 		slice_set_user_psize(mm, mmu_virtual_psize);
+	subpage_prot_init_new_context(mm);
 	mm->context.id = index;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -92,5 +93,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__destroy_context);
 void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	__destroy_context(mm->context.id);
+	subpage_prot_free(mm);
 	mm->context.id = NO_CONTEXT;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
index 4cafc0c33d0a..a040b81e93bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
  * Also makes sure that the subpage_prot_table structure is
  * reinitialized for the next user.
  */
-void subpage_prot_free(pgd_t *pgd)
+void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = pgd_subpage_prot(pgd);
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = &mm->context.spt;
 	unsigned long i, j, addr;
 	u32 **p;
 
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ void subpage_prot_free(pgd_t *pgd)
 	spt->maxaddr = 0;
 }
 
+void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = &mm->context.spt;
+
+	memset(spt, 0, sizeof(*spt));
+}
+
 static void hpte_flush_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			     int npages)
 {
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ static void hpte_flush_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 static void subpage_prot_clear(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = pgd_subpage_prot(mm->pgd);
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = &mm->context.spt;
 	u32 **spm, *spp;
 	int i, nw;
 	unsigned long next, limit;
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ static void subpage_prot_clear(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 long sys_subpage_prot(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, u32 __user *map)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = pgd_subpage_prot(mm->pgd);
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = &mm->context.spt;
 	u32 **spm, *spp;
 	int i, nw;
 	unsigned long next, limit;