diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/page.h b/include/asm-ia64/page.h
index 5e6362a786b7..732cf3086741 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/page.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 # define HAVE_ARCH_HUGETLB_UNMAPPED_AREA
 # define ARCH_HAS_HUGEPAGE_ONLY_RANGE
+# define ARCH_HAS_HUGETLB_FREE_PGD_RANGE
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 
 #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable.h b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable.h
index e38931379a72..185ee15963a1 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable.h
@@ -468,11 +468,6 @@ extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[];
 
 extern void paging_init(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
-#define hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling) \
-	free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * This gets called at the end of handling a page fault, when
  * the kernel has put a new PTE into the page table for the process.
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 5d84c368ffe4..e465fbf1ef5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ void hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_HUGEPAGE_ONLY_RANGE
 #define is_hugepage_only_range(mm, addr, len)	0
-#define hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling) \
-						do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_HUGETLB_FREE_PGD_RANGE
+#define hugetlb_free_pgd_range	free_pgd_range
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
@@ -93,8 +95,7 @@ static inline unsigned long hugetlb_total_pages(void)
 #define prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len)	(-EINVAL)
 #define pmd_huge(x)	0
 #define is_hugepage_only_range(mm, addr, len)	0
-#define hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling) \
-						do { } while (0)
+#define hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, end, floor, ceiling) ({BUG(); 0; })
 #define hugetlb_fault(mm, vma, addr, write)	({ BUG(); 0; })
 
 #define hugetlb_change_protection(vma, address, end, newprot)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 71bc664efed5..f6e3be9cbf5a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather **tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		anon_vma_unlink(vma);
 		unlink_file_vma(vma);
 
-		if (is_hugepage_only_range(vma->vm_mm, addr, HPAGE_SIZE)) {
+		if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
 			hugetlb_free_pgd_range(tlb, addr, vma->vm_end,
 				floor, next? next->vm_start: ceiling);
 		} else {
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather **tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			 * Optimization: gather nearby vmas into one call down
 			 */
 			while (next && next->vm_start <= vma->vm_end + PMD_SIZE
-			  && !is_hugepage_only_range(vma->vm_mm, next->vm_start,
-							HPAGE_SIZE)) {
+			       && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
 				vma = next;
 				next = vma->vm_next;
 				anon_vma_unlink(vma);