diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
index 69c5b051734f..e1af0b394ceb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
@@ -107,9 +107,23 @@ static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	return pud;
 }
 
+static inline void __pud_free(pud_t *pud)
+{
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(pud);
+
+	/*
+	 * Early pud pages allocated via memblock allocator
+	 * can't be directly freed to slab
+	 */
+	if (PageReserved(page))
+		free_reserved_page(page);
+	else
+		kmem_cache_free(PGT_CACHE(PUD_CACHE_INDEX), pud);
+}
+
 static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
 {
-	kmem_cache_free(PGT_CACHE(PUD_CACHE_INDEX), pud);
+	return __pud_free(pud);
 }
 
 static inline void pud_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, pmd_t *pmd)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
index c58ad1049909..85de5b574dd7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ void pmd_fragment_free(unsigned long *pmd)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(pmd);
 
+	if (PageReserved(page))
+		return free_reserved_page(page);
+
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->pt_frag_refcount) <= 0);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(page);
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ static inline void pgtable_free(void *table, int index)
 		pmd_fragment_free(table);
 		break;
 	case PUD_INDEX:
-		kmem_cache_free(PGT_CACHE(PUD_CACHE_INDEX), table);
+		__pud_free(table);
 		break;
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES) && defined(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE)
 		/* 16M hugepd directory at pud level */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index bb00e0cba119..85806a6bed4d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ static __ref void *early_alloc_pgtable(unsigned long size, int nid,
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+/*
+ * When allocating pud or pmd pointers, we allocate a complete page
+ * of PAGE_SIZE rather than PUD_TABLE_SIZE or PMD_TABLE_SIZE. This
+ * is to ensure that the page obtained from the memblock allocator
+ * can be completely used as page table page and can be freed
+ * correctly when the page table entries are removed.
+ */
 static int early_map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
 			  pgprot_t flags,
 			  unsigned int map_page_size,
@@ -72,8 +79,8 @@ static int early_map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
 	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(ea);
 	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, ea);
 	if (p4d_none(*p4dp)) {
-		pudp = early_alloc_pgtable(PUD_TABLE_SIZE, nid,
-						region_start, region_end);
+		pudp = early_alloc_pgtable(PAGE_SIZE, nid,
+					   region_start, region_end);
 		p4d_populate(&init_mm, p4dp, pudp);
 	}
 	pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, ea);
@@ -82,8 +89,8 @@ static int early_map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
 		goto set_the_pte;
 	}
 	if (pud_none(*pudp)) {
-		pmdp = early_alloc_pgtable(PMD_TABLE_SIZE, nid,
-						region_start, region_end);
+		pmdp = early_alloc_pgtable(PAGE_SIZE, nid, region_start,
+					   region_end);
 		pud_populate(&init_mm, pudp, pmdp);
 	}
 	pmdp = pmd_offset(pudp, ea);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
index ee4bd6d38602..97ae4935da79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ void pte_fragment_free(unsigned long *table, int kernel)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(table);
 
+	if (PageReserved(page))
+		return free_reserved_page(page);
+
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->pt_frag_refcount) <= 0);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&page->pt_frag_refcount)) {
 		if (!kernel)