diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 29b0167c088b..31c4fdc4a4ba 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -854,10 +854,8 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
 
 #
 #  Archs that select this would be capable of PMD-sized vmaps (i.e.,
-#  arch_vmap_pmd_supported() returns true), and they must make no assumptions
-#  that vmalloc memory is mapped with PAGE_SIZE ptes. The VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP flag
-#  can be used to prohibit arch-specific allocations from using hugepages to
-#  help with this (e.g., modules may require it).
+#  arch_vmap_pmd_supported() returns true). The VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP flag
+#  must be used to enable allocations to use hugepages.
 #
 config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC
 	depends on HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
index 40a583e9d3c7..97a76a8619fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ __module_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned long start, unsigned long end, bool
 	 * too.
 	 */
 	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, start, end, gfp, prot,
-				    VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS | VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP,
+				    VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS,
 				    NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
index 7f7c0d6af2ce..8afede243903 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int kvm_s390_pv_alloc_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	 * using large pages for the virtual memory area.
 	 * This is a hardware limitation.
 	 */
-	kvm->arch.pv.stor_var = vmalloc_no_huge(vlen);
+	kvm->arch.pv.stor_var = vmalloc(vlen);
 	if (!kvm->arch.pv.stor_var)
 		goto out_err;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 3b1df7da402d..20205c4e3b23 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct notifier_block;		/* in notifier.h */
 #define VM_KASAN		0x00000080      /* has allocated kasan shadow memory */
 #define VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS	0x00000100	/* reset direct map and flush TLB on unmap, can't be freed in atomic context */
 #define VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES	0x00000200	/* put pages and free array in vfree */
-#define VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP		0x00000400	/* force PAGE_SIZE pte mapping */
+#define VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP	0x00000400      /* Allow for huge pages on archs with HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC */
 
 #if (defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS)) && \
 	!defined(CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC)
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ extern void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			const void *caller) __alloc_size(1);
 void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		int node, const void *caller) __alloc_size(1);
-void *vmalloc_no_huge(unsigned long size) __alloc_size(1);
+void *vmalloc_huge(unsigned long size) __alloc_size(1);
+void *__vmalloc_huge(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask) __alloc_size(1);
 
 extern void *__vmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) __alloc_size(1, 2);
 extern void *vmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size) __alloc_size(1, 2);
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e163372d3967..1dac30c0ea41 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3106,7 +3106,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (vmap_allow_huge && !(vm_flags & VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP)) {
+	if (vmap_allow_huge && (vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP)) {
 		unsigned long size_per_node;
 
 		/*
@@ -3273,21 +3273,43 @@ void *vmalloc(unsigned long size)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc);
 
 /**
- * vmalloc_no_huge - allocate virtually contiguous memory using small pages
+ * vmalloc_huge - allocate virtually contiguous memory, allow huge pages
  * @size:    allocation size
  *
- * Allocate enough non-huge pages to cover @size from the page level
+ * Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
+ * allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
+ * If @size is greater than or equal to PMD_SIZE, allow using
+ * huge pages for the memory
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL on error
+ */
+void *vmalloc_huge(unsigned long size)
+{
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+				    GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL, VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP,
+				    NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmalloc_huge);
+
+/**
+ * __vmalloc_huge - allocate virtually contiguous memory, allow huge pages
+ * @size:      allocation size
+ * @gfp_mask:  flags for the page level allocator
+ *
+ * Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
  * allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
+ * If @size is greater than or equal to PMD_SIZE, allow using
+ * huge pages for the memory
  *
  * Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL on error
  */
-void *vmalloc_no_huge(unsigned long size)
+void *__vmalloc_huge(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
-				    GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL, VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP,
+				    gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL, VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP,
 				    NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_no_huge);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vmalloc_huge);
 
 /**
  * vzalloc - allocate virtually contiguous memory with zero fill
