diff --git a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
index 91228044ed16..f26142cf24f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
+++ b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ for persistent memory devices in pre-allocated storage on those
 devices. This storage is represented with :c:type:`struct vmem_altmap`
 that is eventually passed to vmemmap_populate() through a long chain
 of function calls. The vmemmap_populate() implementation may use the
-`vmem_altmap` along with :c:func:`altmap_alloc_block_buf` helper to
+`vmem_altmap` along with :c:func:`vmemmap_alloc_block_buf` helper to
 allocate memory map on the persistent memory device.
 
 ZONE_DEVICE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 63b74fd56cd8..9c08d1882106 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 		if (pmd_none(READ_ONCE(*pmdp))) {
 			void *p = NULL;
 
-			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node);
+			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node, NULL);
 			if (!p)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index bc73abf0bc25..3fd504d72c5e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 		 * fall back to system memory if the altmap allocation fail.
 		 */
 		if (altmap && !altmap_cross_boundary(altmap, start, page_size)) {
-			p = altmap_alloc_block_buf(page_size, altmap);
+			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(page_size, node, altmap);
 			if (!p)
 				pr_debug("altmap block allocation failed, falling back to system memory");
 		}
 		if (!p)
-			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(page_size, node);
+			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(page_size, node, NULL);
 		if (!p)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 19c0ed3271a3..5a7a45e7c5ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1463,10 +1463,7 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start,
 		if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
 			void *p;
 
-			if (altmap)
-				p = altmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, altmap);
-			else
-				p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node);
+			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node, altmap);
 			if (p) {
 				pte_t entry;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index e40ac543d248..1973872ed3ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3015,8 +3015,8 @@ pte_t *vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
 			    struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 void *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node);
 struct vmem_altmap;
-void *vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node);
-void *altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+void *vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node,
+			      struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 void vmemmap_verify(pte_t *, int, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 int vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index ceed10dec31e..41eeac67723b 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -69,11 +69,19 @@ void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
 				__pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
 }
 
+static void * __meminit altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size,
+					       struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+
 /* need to make sure size is all the same during early stage */
-void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node)
+void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node,
+					 struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
-	void *ptr = sparse_buffer_alloc(size);
+	void *ptr;
+
+	if (altmap)
+		return altmap_alloc_block_buf(size, altmap);
 
+	ptr = sparse_buffer_alloc(size);
 	if (!ptr)
 		ptr = vmemmap_alloc_block(size, node);
 	return ptr;
@@ -94,15 +102,8 @@ static unsigned long __meminit vmem_altmap_nr_free(struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * altmap_alloc_block_buf - allocate pages from the device page map
- * @altmap:	device page map
- * @size:	size (in bytes) of the allocation
- *
- * Allocations are aligned to the size of the request.
- */
-void * __meminit altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size,
-		struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+static void * __meminit altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size,
+					       struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, nr_pfns, nr_align;
 
@@ -147,10 +148,7 @@ pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
 		pte_t entry;
 		void *p;
 
-		if (altmap)
-			p = altmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, altmap);
-		else
-			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node);
+		p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap);
 		if (!p)
 			return NULL;
 		entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL);
