diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
index 1cc0bc78d10e..afc8888f33c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,32 @@ with a huge page size selection parameter "hugepagesz=<size>".  <size> must
 be specified in bytes with optional scale suffix [kKmMgG].  The default huge
 page size may be selected with the "default_hugepagesz=<size>" boot parameter.
 
+Hugetlb boot command line parameter semantics
+hugepagesz - Specify a huge page size.  Used in conjunction with hugepages
+	parameter to preallocate a number of huge pages of the specified
+	size.  Hence, hugepagesz and hugepages are typically specified in
+	pairs such as:
+		hugepagesz=2M hugepages=512
+	hugepagesz can only be specified once on the command line for a
+	specific huge page size.  Valid huge page sizes are architecture
+	dependent.
+hugepages - Specify the number of huge pages to preallocate.  This typically
+	follows a valid hugepagesz parameter.  However, if hugepages is the
+	first or only hugetlb command line parameter it specifies the number
+	of huge pages of default size to allocate.  The number of huge pages
+	of default size specified in this manner can be overwritten by a
+	hugepagesz,hugepages parameter pair for the default size.
+	For example, on an architecture with 2M default huge page size:
+		hugepages=256 hugepagesz=2M hugepages=512
+	will result in 512 2M huge pages being allocated.  If a hugepages
+	parameter is preceded by an invalid hugepagesz parameter, it will
+	be ignored.
+default_hugepagesz - Specify the default huge page size.  This parameter can
+	only be specified on the command line.  No other hugetlb command line
+	parameter is associated with default_hugepagesz.  Therefore, it can
+	appear anywhere on the command line.  Valid default huge page size is
+	architecture dependent.
+
 When multiple huge page sizes are supported, ``/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages``
 indicates the current number of pre-allocated huge pages of the default size.
 Thus, one can use the following command to dynamically allocate/deallocate
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index cc85b4f156ca..2b9bf01db2b6 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_sysfs_init(void)
 		err = hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(h, hugepages_kobj,
 					 hstate_kobjs, &hstate_attr_group);
 		if (err)
-			pr_err("Hugetlb: Unable to add hstate %s", h->name);
+			pr_err("HugeTLB: Unable to add hstate %s", h->name);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3058,7 +3058,7 @@ static void hugetlb_register_node(struct node *node)
 						nhs->hstate_kobjs,
 						&per_node_hstate_attr_group);
 		if (err) {
-			pr_err("Hugetlb: Unable to add hstate %s for node %d\n",
+			pr_err("HugeTLB: Unable to add hstate %s for node %d\n",
 				h->name, node->dev.id);
 			hugetlb_unregister_node(node);
 			break;
@@ -3109,19 +3109,35 @@ static int __init hugetlb_init(void)
 	if (!hugepages_supported())
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!size_to_hstate(default_hstate_size)) {
-		if (default_hstate_size != 0) {
-			pr_err("HugeTLB: unsupported default_hugepagesz %lu. Reverting to %lu\n",
-			       default_hstate_size, HPAGE_SIZE);
-		}
-
+	/*
+	 * Make sure HPAGE_SIZE (HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER) hstate exists.  Some
+	 * architectures depend on setup being done here.
+	 *
+	 * If a valid default huge page size was specified on the command line,
+	 * add associated hstate if necessary.  If not, set default_hstate_size
+	 * to default size.  default_hstate_idx is used at runtime to identify
+	 * the default huge page size/hstate.
+	 */
+	hugetlb_add_hstate(HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
+	if (default_hstate_size)
+		hugetlb_add_hstate(ilog2(default_hstate_size) - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	else
 		default_hstate_size = HPAGE_SIZE;
-		hugetlb_add_hstate(HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
-	}
 	default_hstate_idx = hstate_index(size_to_hstate(default_hstate_size));
+
+	/*
+	 * default_hstate_max_huge_pages != 0 indicates a count (hugepages=)
+	 * specified before a size (hugepagesz=).  Use this count for the
+	 * default huge page size, unless a specific value was specified for
+	 * this size in a hugepagesz/hugepages pair.
+	 */
 	if (default_hstate_max_huge_pages) {
 		if (!default_hstate.max_huge_pages)
-			default_hstate.max_huge_pages = default_hstate_max_huge_pages;
+			default_hstate.max_huge_pages =
+				default_hstate_max_huge_pages;
+		else
+			pr_warn("HugeTLB: First hugepages=%lu kB ignored\n",
+				default_hstate_max_huge_pages);
 	}
 
 	hugetlb_init_hstates();
@@ -3174,20 +3190,27 @@ void __init hugetlb_add_hstate(unsigned int order)
 	parsed_hstate = h;
 }
 
-static int __init hugetlb_nrpages_setup(char *s)
+/*
+ * hugepages command line processing
+ * hugepages must normally follows a valid hugepagsz specification.  If not,
+ * ignore the hugepages value.  hugepages can also be the first huge page
+ * command line option in which case it specifies the number of huge pages
+ * for the default size.
+ */
+static int __init hugepages_setup(char *s)
 {
 	unsigned long *mhp;
 	static unsigned long *last_mhp;
 
 	if (!parsed_valid_hugepagesz) {
-		pr_warn("hugepages = %s preceded by "
+		pr_warn("HugeTLB: hugepages = %s preceded by "
 			"an unsupported hugepagesz, ignoring\n", s);
 		parsed_valid_hugepagesz = true;
 		return 1;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * !hugetlb_max_hstate means we haven't parsed a hugepagesz= parameter yet,
-	 * so this hugepages= parameter goes to the "default hstate".
+	 * !hugetlb_max_hstate means we haven't parsed a hugepagesz= parameter
+	 * yet, so this hugepages= parameter goes to the "default hstate".
 	 */
 	else if (!hugetlb_max_hstate)
 		mhp = &default_hstate_max_huge_pages;
@@ -3195,7 +3218,8 @@ static int __init hugetlb_nrpages_setup(char *s)
 		mhp = &parsed_hstate->max_huge_pages;
 
 	if (mhp == last_mhp) {
-		pr_warn("hugepages= specified twice without interleaving hugepagesz=, ignoring\n");
+		pr_warn("HugeTLB: hugepages= specified twice without interleaving hugepagesz=, ignoring hugepages=%s\n",
+			s);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -3214,8 +3238,15 @@ static int __init hugetlb_nrpages_setup(char *s)
 
 	return 1;
 }
-__setup("hugepages=", hugetlb_nrpages_setup);
+__setup("hugepages=", hugepages_setup);
 
+/*
+ * hugepagesz command line processing
+ * A specific huge page size can only be specified once with hugepagesz.
+ * hugepagesz is followed by hugepages on the commnad line.  The global
+ * variable 'parsed_valid_hugepagesz' is used to determine if prior
+ * hugepagesz argument was valid.
+ */
 static int __init hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 {
 	unsigned long long size;
@@ -3230,16 +3261,23 @@ static int __init hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 	}
 
 	if (size_to_hstate(size)) {
+		parsed_valid_hugepagesz = false;
 		pr_warn("HugeTLB: hugepagesz %s specified twice, ignoring\n",
 			saved_s);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	parsed_valid_hugepagesz = true;
 	hugetlb_add_hstate(ilog2(size) - PAGE_SHIFT);
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("hugepagesz=", hugepagesz_setup);
 
+/*
+ * default_hugepagesz command line input
+ * Only one instance of default_hugepagesz allowed on command line.  Do not
+ * add hstate here as that will confuse hugepagesz/hugepages processing.
+ */
 static int __init default_hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 {
 	unsigned long long size;
@@ -3252,6 +3290,12 @@ static int __init default_hugepagesz_setup(char *s)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (default_hstate_size) {
+		pr_err("HugeTLB: default_hugepagesz previously specified, ignoring %s\n",
+			saved_s);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	default_hstate_size = size;
 	return 1;
 }
