--- a/include/linux/gfp.h~mm-page_alloc-add-alloc_contig_pages
+++ a/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ static inline bool pm_suspended_storage(
 /* The below functions must be run on a range from a single zone. */
 extern int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			      unsigned migratetype, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+extern struct page *alloc_contig_pages(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+				       int nid, nodemask_t *nodemask);
 #endif
 void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned int nr_pages);
 
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-page_alloc-add-alloc_contig_pages
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1069,85 +1069,12 @@ static void free_gigantic_page(struct pa
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC
-static int __alloc_gigantic_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
-				unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
-	return alloc_contig_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, MIGRATE_MOVABLE,
-				  gfp_mask);
-}
-
-static bool pfn_range_valid_gigantic(struct zone *z,
-			unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
-{
-	unsigned long i, end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	for (i = start_pfn; i < end_pfn; i++) {
-		page = pfn_to_online_page(i);
-		if (!page)
-			return false;
-
-		if (page_zone(page) != z)
-			return false;
-
-		if (PageReserved(page))
-			return false;
-
-		if (page_count(page) > 0)
-			return false;
-
-		if (PageHuge(page))
-			return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-static bool zone_spans_last_pfn(const struct zone *zone,
-			unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
-{
-	unsigned long last_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
-	return zone_spans_pfn(zone, last_pfn);
-}
-
 static struct page *alloc_gigantic_page(struct hstate *h, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		int nid, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
-	unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
-	unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
-	unsigned long ret, pfn, flags;
-	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-	struct zone *zone;
-	struct zoneref *z;
-
-	zonelist = node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask);
-	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist, gfp_zone(gfp_mask), nodemask) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
-
-		pfn = ALIGN(zone->zone_start_pfn, nr_pages);
-		while (zone_spans_last_pfn(zone, pfn, nr_pages)) {
-			if (pfn_range_valid_gigantic(zone, pfn, nr_pages)) {
-				/*
-				 * We release the zone lock here because
-				 * alloc_contig_range() will also lock the zone
-				 * at some point. If there's an allocation
-				 * spinning on this lock, it may win the race
-				 * and cause alloc_contig_range() to fail...
-				 */
-				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
-				ret = __alloc_gigantic_page(pfn, nr_pages, gfp_mask);
-				if (!ret)
-					return pfn_to_page(pfn);
-				spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
-			}
-			pfn += nr_pages;
-		}
-
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
-	}
+	unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << huge_page_order(h);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return alloc_contig_pages(nr_pages, gfp_mask, nid, nodemask);
 }
 
 static void prep_new_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page, int nid);
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-add-alloc_contig_pages
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8502,6 +8502,107 @@ done:
 				pfn_max_align_up(end), migratetype);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static int __alloc_contig_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
+				unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
+
+	return alloc_contig_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, MIGRATE_MOVABLE,
+				  gfp_mask);
+}
+
+static bool pfn_range_valid_contig(struct zone *z, unsigned long start_pfn,
+				   unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long i, end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	for (i = start_pfn; i < end_pfn; i++) {
+		page = pfn_to_online_page(i);
+		if (!page)
+			return false;
+
+		if (page_zone(page) != z)
+			return false;
+
+		if (PageReserved(page))
+			return false;
+
+		if (page_count(page) > 0)
+			return false;
+
+		if (PageHuge(page))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool zone_spans_last_pfn(const struct zone *zone,
+				unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long last_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
+
+	return zone_spans_pfn(zone, last_pfn);
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_contig_pages() -- tries to find and allocate contiguous range of pages
+ * @nr_pages:	Number of contiguous pages to allocate
+ * @gfp_mask:	GFP mask to limit search and used during compaction
+ * @nid:	Target node
+ * @nodemask:	Mask for other possible nodes
+ *
+ * This routine is a wrapper around alloc_contig_range(). It scans over zones
+ * on an applicable zonelist to find a contiguous pfn range which can then be
+ * tried for allocation with alloc_contig_range(). This routine is intended
+ * for allocation requests which can not be fulfilled with the buddy allocator.
+ *
+ * The allocated memory is always aligned to a page boundary. If nr_pages is a
+ * power of two then the alignment is guaranteed to be to the given nr_pages
+ * (e.g. 1GB request would be aligned to 1GB).
+ *
+ * Allocated pages can be freed with free_contig_range() or by manually calling
+ * __free_page() on each allocated page.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to contiguous pages on success, or NULL if not successful.
+ */
+struct page *alloc_contig_pages(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+				int nid, nodemask_t *nodemask)
+{
+	unsigned long ret, pfn, flags;
+	struct zonelist *zonelist;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	struct zoneref *z;
+
+	zonelist = node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask);
+	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
+					gfp_zone(gfp_mask), nodemask) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
+
+		pfn = ALIGN(zone->zone_start_pfn, nr_pages);
+		while (zone_spans_last_pfn(zone, pfn, nr_pages)) {
+			if (pfn_range_valid_contig(zone, pfn, nr_pages)) {
+				/*
+				 * We release the zone lock here because
+				 * alloc_contig_range() will also lock the zone
+				 * at some point. If there's an allocation
+				 * spinning on this lock, it may win the race
+				 * and cause alloc_contig_range() to fail...
+				 */
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+				ret = __alloc_contig_pages(pfn, nr_pages,
+							gfp_mask);
+				if (!ret)
+					return pfn_to_page(pfn);
+				spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
+			}
+			pfn += nr_pages;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC */
 
 void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned int nr_pages)
