diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index d8dbeac8b206..d77f22850aa2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -983,13 +983,12 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 
 static void __meminit free_pagetable(struct page *page, int order)
 {
-	unsigned long magic;
-	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
-
 	/* bootmem page has reserved flag */
 	if (PageReserved(page)) {
-		magic = page->index;
-		if (magic == SECTION_INFO || magic == MIX_SECTION_INFO) {
+		enum bootmem_type type = bootmem_type(page);
+		unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
+
+		if (type == SECTION_INFO || type == MIX_SECTION_INFO) {
 			while (nr_pages--)
 				put_page_bootmem(page++);
 		} else
diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem_info.h b/include/linux/bootmem_info.h
index cffa38a73618..e2fe5de93dcc 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem_info.h
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 /*
- * Types for free bootmem stored in page->lru.next. These have to be in
- * some random range in unsigned long space for debugging purposes.
+ * Types for free bootmem stored in the low bits of page->private.
  */
-enum {
-	MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE = 12,
+enum bootmem_type {
+	MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE = 1,
 	SECTION_INFO = MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE,
 	MIX_SECTION_INFO,
 	NODE_INFO,
@@ -21,9 +20,19 @@ enum {
 void __init register_page_bootmem_info_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
 
 void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
-		      unsigned long type);
+		enum bootmem_type type);
 void put_page_bootmem(struct page *page);
 
+static inline enum bootmem_type bootmem_type(const struct page *page)
+{
+	return (unsigned long)page->private & 0xf;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long bootmem_info(const struct page *page)
+{
+	return (unsigned long)page->private >> 4;
+}
+
 /*
  * Any memory allocated via the memblock allocator and not via the
  * buddy will be marked reserved already in the memmap. For those
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@ void put_page_bootmem(struct page *page);
  */
 static inline void free_bootmem_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	unsigned long magic = page->index;
+	enum bootmem_type type = bootmem_type(page);
 
 	/*
 	 * The reserve_bootmem_region sets the reserved flag on bootmem
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ static inline void free_bootmem_page(struct page *page)
 	 */
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) != 2, page);
 
-	if (magic == SECTION_INFO || magic == MIX_SECTION_INFO)
+	if (type == SECTION_INFO || type == MIX_SECTION_INFO)
 		put_page_bootmem(page);
 	else
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(1, page);
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ static inline void put_page_bootmem(struct page *page)
 }
 
 static inline void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
-				    unsigned long type)
+				    enum bootmem_type type)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/bootmem_info.c b/mm/bootmem_info.c
index fa7cb0c87c03..95f288169a38 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem_info.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem_info.c
@@ -14,23 +14,24 @@
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
-void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page, unsigned long type)
+void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
+		enum bootmem_type type)
 {
-	page->index = type;
+	BUG_ON(type > 0xf);
+	BUG_ON(info > (ULONG_MAX >> 4));
 	SetPagePrivate(page);
-	set_page_private(page, info);
+	set_page_private(page, info << 4 | type);
 	page_ref_inc(page);
 }
 
 void put_page_bootmem(struct page *page)
 {
-	unsigned long type = page->index;
+	enum bootmem_type type = bootmem_type(page);
 
 	BUG_ON(type < MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE ||
 	       type > MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MAX_BOOTMEM_TYPE);
 
 	if (page_ref_dec_return(page) == 1) {
-		page->index = 0;
 		ClearPagePrivate(page);
 		set_page_private(page, 0);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e4b830091d13..ad89ce5d9d28 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -721,19 +721,19 @@ static void depopulate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
 {
 	unsigned long maps_section_nr, removing_section_nr, i;
-	unsigned long magic, nr_pages;
+	unsigned long type, nr_pages;
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(memmap);
 
 	nr_pages = PAGE_ALIGN(PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page))
 		>> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++, page++) {
-		magic = page->index;
+		type = bootmem_type(page);
 
-		BUG_ON(magic == NODE_INFO);
+		BUG_ON(type == NODE_INFO);
 
 		maps_section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(page_to_pfn(page));
-		removing_section_nr = page_private(page);
+		removing_section_nr = bootmem_info(page);
 
 		/*
 		 * When this function is called, the removing section is
