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diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index f4fa61dbbee3..dbbd1a7e65f3 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ static int __split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start)
spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
if (likely(pmd_leaf(*pmd))) {
+ /*
+ * Higher order allocations from buddy allocator must be able to
+ * be treated as indepdenent small pages (as they can be freed
+ * individually).
+ */
+ if (!PageReserved(page))
+ split_page(page, get_order(PMD_SIZE));
+
/* Make pte visible before pmd. See comment in pmd_install(). */
smp_wmb();
pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, pgtable);