diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a1a3b3363008..6a4ea7dad23f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_MAP_DIRECT 		if PPC_PSERIES
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
-	select ARCH_HAS_HUGEPD			if HUGETLB_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 79176a499763..36ed6d976cf9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					    unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	return __pte(pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, ~0UL, 0, 1));
+	pmd_t *pmdp = (pmd_t *)ptep;
+	pte_t pte;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && pmdp == pmd_off(mm, ALIGN_DOWN(addr, SZ_8M))) {
+		pte = __pte(pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0), ~0UL, 0, 1));
+		pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp + 1, 0), ~0UL, 0, 1);
+	} else {
+		pte = __pte(pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, ~0UL, 0, 1));
+	}
+	return pte;
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/hugetlb-8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/hugetlb-8xx.h
index 92df40c6cc6b..1414cfd28987 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/hugetlb-8xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/hugetlb-8xx.h
@@ -4,45 +4,25 @@
 
 #define PAGE_SHIFT_8M		23
 
-static inline pte_t *hugepd_page(hugepd_t hpd)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!hugepd_ok(hpd));
-
-	return (pte_t *)__va(hpd_val(hpd) & ~HUGEPD_SHIFT_MASK);
-}
-
-static inline unsigned int hugepd_shift(hugepd_t hpd)
-{
-	return PAGE_SHIFT_8M;
-}
-
-static inline pte_t *hugepte_offset(hugepd_t hpd, unsigned long addr,
-				    unsigned int pdshift)
-{
-	unsigned long idx = (addr & (SZ_4M - 1)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	return hugepd_page(hpd) + idx;
-}
-
 static inline void flush_hugetlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				      unsigned long vmaddr)
 {
 	flush_tlb_page(vma, vmaddr);
 }
 
-static inline void hugepd_populate(hugepd_t *hpdp, pte_t *new, unsigned int pshift)
+static inline int check_and_get_huge_psize(int shift)
 {
-	*hpdp = __hugepd(__pa(new) | _PMD_USER | _PMD_PRESENT | _PMD_PAGE_8M);
+	return shift_to_mmu_psize(shift);
 }
 
-static inline void hugepd_populate_kernel(hugepd_t *hpdp, pte_t *new, unsigned int pshift)
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_GET
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	*hpdp = __hugepd(__pa(new) | _PMD_PRESENT | _PMD_PAGE_8M);
-}
+	pmd_t *pmdp = (pmd_t *)ptep;
 
-static inline int check_and_get_huge_psize(int shift)
-{
-	return shift_to_mmu_psize(shift);
+	if (pmdp == pmd_off(mm, ALIGN_DOWN(addr, SZ_8M)))
+		ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0);
+	return ptep_get(ptep);
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_SET_HUGE_PTE_AT
@@ -53,7 +33,14 @@ void set_huge_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
 static inline void huge_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				  pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz)
 {
-	pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, ~0UL, 0, 1);
+	pmd_t *pmdp = (pmd_t *)ptep;
+
+	if (pmdp == pmd_off(mm, ALIGN_DOWN(addr, SZ_8M))) {
+		pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0), ~0UL, 0, 1);
+		pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp + 1, 0), ~0UL, 0, 1);
+	} else {
+		pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, ~0UL, 0, 1);
+	}
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_SET_WRPROTECT
@@ -63,7 +50,14 @@ static inline void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long clr = ~pte_val(pte_wrprotect(__pte(~0)));
 	unsigned long set = pte_val(pte_wrprotect(__pte(0)));
 
-	pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, clr, set, 1);
+	pmd_t *pmdp = (pmd_t *)ptep;
+
+	if (pmdp == pmd_off(mm, ALIGN_DOWN(addr, SZ_8M))) {
+		pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0), clr, set, 1);
+		pte_update(mm, addr, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp + 1, 0), clr, set, 1);
+	} else {
+		pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, clr, set, 1);
+	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgalloc.h
index 11eac371e7e0..ff4f90cfb461 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgalloc.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb,x,a)		do { } while (0)
 /* #define pgd_populate(mm, pmd, pte)      BUG() */
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PPC_8xx
 static inline void pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
 				       pte_t *pte)
 {
@@ -31,5 +32,6 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
 	else
 		*pmdp = __pmd(__pa(pte_page) | _PMD_USER | _PMD_PRESENT);
 }
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PGALLOC_32_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
index 07df6b664861..b05cc4f87713 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
@@ -129,32 +129,34 @@ static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 }
 #define ptep_set_wrprotect ptep_set_wrprotect
 
+static pmd_t *pmd_off(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
+static inline pte_t *pte_offset_kernel(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address);
+
 static inline void __ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t *ptep,
 					   pte_t entry, unsigned long address, int psize)
 {
 	unsigned long set = pte_val(entry) & (_PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_EXEC);
 	unsigned long clr = ~pte_val(entry) & _PAGE_RO;
 	int huge = psize > mmu_virtual_psize ? 1 : 0;
+	pmd_t *pmdp = (pmd_t *)ptep;
 
-	pte_update(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, clr, set, huge);
+	if (pmdp == pmd_off(vma->vm_mm, ALIGN_DOWN(address, SZ_8M))) {
+		pte_update(vma->vm_mm, address, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0), clr, set, huge);
+		pte_update(vma->vm_mm, address, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp + 1, 0), clr, set, huge);
+	} else {
+		pte_update(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, clr, set, huge);
+	}
 
 	flush_tlb_page(vma, address);
 }
 #define __ptep_set_access_flags __ptep_set_access_flags
 
-static inline unsigned long pgd_leaf_size(pgd_t pgd)
-{
-	if (pgd_val(pgd) & _PMD_PAGE_8M)
-		return SZ_8M;
-	return SZ_4M;
-}
-
-#define pgd_leaf_size pgd_leaf_size
-
 static inline unsigned long pte_leaf_size(pmd_t pmd, pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte_basic_t val = pte_val(pte);
 
+	if (pmd_val(pmd) & _PMD_PAGE_8M)
+		return SZ_8M;
 	if (val & _PAGE_HUGE)
 		return SZ_512K;
 	if (val & _PAGE_SPS)
@@ -168,17 +170,16 @@ static inline unsigned long pte_leaf_size(pmd_t pmd, pte_t pte)
  * On the 8xx, the page tables are a bit special. For 16k pages, we have
  * 4 identical entries. For 512k pages, we have 128 entries as if it was
  * 4k pages, but they are flagged as 512k pages for the hardware.
- * For other page sizes, we have a single entry in the table.
+ * For 8M pages, we have 1024 entries as if it was
+ * 4M pages, but they are flagged as 8M pages for the hardware.
+ * For 4k pages, we have a single entry in the table.
  */
-static pmd_t *pmd_off(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
-static int hugepd_ok(hugepd_t hpd);
-
 static inline int number_of_cells_per_pte(pmd_t *pmd, pte_basic_t val, int huge)
 {
 	if (!huge)
 		return PAGE_SIZE / SZ_4K;
-	else if (hugepd_ok(*((hugepd_t *)pmd)))
-		return 1;
+	else if ((pmd_val(*pmd) & _PMD_PAGE_MASK) == _PMD_PAGE_8M)
+		return SZ_4M / SZ_4K;
 	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES) && !(val & _PAGE_HUGE))
 		return SZ_16K / SZ_4K;
 	else
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ static inline pte_basic_t pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, p
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i += PAGE_SIZE / SZ_4K, new += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		*entry++ = new;
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_16K_PAGES) && num != 1) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_16K_PAGES)) {
 			*entry++ = new;
 			*entry++ = new;
 			*entry++ = new;
@@ -221,6 +222,28 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_16K_PAGES */
 
+static inline void pmd_populate_kernel_size(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
+					    pte_t *pte, unsigned long sz)
+{
+	if (sz == SZ_8M)
+		*pmdp = __pmd(__pa(pte) | _PMD_PRESENT | _PMD_PAGE_8M);
+	else
+		*pmdp = __pmd(__pa(pte) | _PMD_PRESENT);
+}
+
+static inline void pmd_populate_size(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
+				     pgtable_t pte_page, unsigned long sz)
+{
+	if (sz == SZ_8M)
+		*pmdp = __pmd(__pa(pte_page) | _PMD_USER | _PMD_PRESENT | _PMD_PAGE_8M);
+	else
+		*pmdp = __pmd(__pa(pte_page) | _PMD_USER | _PMD_PRESENT);
+}
+#define pmd_populate_size pmd_populate_size
+
+#define pmd_populate(mm, pmdp, pte) pmd_populate_size(mm, pmdp, pte, PAGE_SIZE)
+#define pmd_populate_kernel(mm, pmdp, pte) pmd_populate_kernel_size(mm, pmdp, pte, PAGE_SIZE)
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
index ac3353f7f2ac..c4be7754e96f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
@@ -343,12 +343,8 @@ static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HUGEPD
 static inline int hugepd_ok(hugepd_t hpd)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_8xx
-	return ((hpd_val(hpd) & _PMD_PAGE_MASK) == _PMD_PAGE_8M);
-#else
 	/* We clear the top bit to indicate hugepd */
 	return (hpd_val(hpd) && (hpd_val(hpd) & PD_HUGE) == 0);
-#endif
 }
 
 #define is_hugepd(hpd)		(hugepd_ok(hpd))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index e411e5a70ea3..018c3d55232c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -293,13 +293,8 @@ static inline const void *pfn_to_kaddr(unsigned long pfn)
 /*
  * Some number of bits at the level of the page table that points to
  * a hugepte are used to encode the size.  This masks those bits.
- * On 8xx, HW assistance requires 4k alignment for the hugepte.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_8xx
-#define HUGEPD_SHIFT_MASK     0xfff
-#else
 #define HUGEPD_SHIFT_MASK     0x3f
-#endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 239709a2f68e..264a6c09517a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ unsigned long vmalloc_to_phys(void *vmalloc_addr);
 
 void pgtable_cache_add(unsigned int shift);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
+void __init *early_alloc_pgtable(unsigned long size);
+#endif
 pte_t *early_pte_alloc_kernel(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long va);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 647b0b445e89..43919ae0bd11 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -415,14 +415,13 @@ FixupDAR:/* Entry point for dcbx workaround. */
 	oris	r11, r11, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
 3:
 	lwz	r11, (swapper_pg_dir-PAGE_OFFSET)@l(r11)	/* Get the level 1 entry */
+	rlwinm	r11, r11, 0, ~_PMD_PAGE_8M
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_TWC, r11
-	mtcrf	0x01, r11
 	mfspr	r11, SPRN_MD_TWC
 	lwz	r11, 0(r11)	/* Get the pte */
-	bt	28,200f		/* bit 28 = Large page (8M) */
 	/* concat physical page address(r11) and page offset(r10) */
 	rlwimi	r11, r10, 0, 32 - PAGE_SHIFT, 31
-201:	lwz	r11,0(r11)
+	lwz	r11,0(r11)
 /* Check if it really is a dcbx instruction. */
 /* dcbt and dcbtst does not generate DTLB Misses/Errors,
  * no need to include them here */
@@ -441,11 +440,6 @@ FixupDAR:/* Entry point for dcbx workaround. */
 141:	mfspr	r10,SPRN_M_TW
 	b	DARFixed	/* Nope, go back to normal TLB processing */
 
-200:
-	/* concat physical page address(r11) and page offset(r10) */
-	rlwimi	r11, r10, 0, 32 - PAGE_SHIFT_8M, 31
-	b	201b
-
 144:	mfspr	r10, SPRN_DSISR
 	rlwinm	r10, r10,0,7,5	/* Clear store bit for buggy dcbst insn */
 	mtspr	SPRN_DSISR, r10
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 82495b8ea793..42b12e1ec851 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!hpdp)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && pshift < PMD_SHIFT)
-		return pte_alloc_huge(mm, (pmd_t *)hpdp, addr, sz);
-
 	BUG_ON(!hugepd_none(*hpdp) && !hugepd_ok(*hpdp));
 
 	if (hugepd_none(*hpdp) && __hugepte_alloc(mm, hpdp, addr,
@@ -198,10 +195,18 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		      unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz)
 {
+	pmd_t *pmd = pmd_off(mm, addr);
+
 	if (sz < PMD_SIZE)
-		return pte_alloc_huge(mm, pmd_off(mm, addr), addr, sz);
+		return pte_alloc_huge(mm, pmd, addr, sz);
 
-	return NULL;
+	if (sz != SZ_8M)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pte_alloc_huge(mm, pmd, addr, sz))
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pte_alloc_huge(mm, pmd + 1, addr, sz))
+		return NULL;
+	return (pte_t *)pmd;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -599,8 +604,7 @@ static int __init hugetlbpage_init(void)
 		if (pdshift > shift) {
 			if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx))
 				pgtable_cache_add(pdshift - shift);
-		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_E500) ||
-			   IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)) {
+		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_E500)) {
 			pgtable_cache_add(PTE_T_ORDER);
 		}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/8xx.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/8xx.c
index 2784224054f8..a4f33508cb6e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/8xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/8xx.c
@@ -12,22 +12,25 @@ kasan_init_shadow_8M(unsigned long k_start, unsigned long k_end, void *block)
 	pmd_t *pmd = pmd_off_k(k_start);
 	unsigned long k_cur, k_next;
 
-	for (k_cur = k_start; k_cur != k_end; k_cur = k_next, pmd += 2, block += SZ_8M) {
-		pte_basic_t *new;
+	for (k_cur = k_start; k_cur != k_end; k_cur = k_next, pmd++, block += SZ_4M) {
+		pte_t *ptep;
+		int i;
 
 		k_next = pgd_addr_end(k_cur, k_end);
 		k_next = pgd_addr_end(k_next, k_end);
 		if ((void *)pmd_page_vaddr(*pmd) != kasan_early_shadow_pte)
 			continue;
 
-		new = memblock_alloc(sizeof(pte_basic_t), SZ_4K);
+		ptep = memblock_alloc(PTE_FRAG_SIZE, PTE_FRAG_SIZE);
 		if (!new)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		*new = pte_val(pte_mkhuge(pfn_pte(PHYS_PFN(__pa(block)), PAGE_KERNEL)));
+		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++) {
+			pte_t pte = pte_mkhuge(pfn_pte(PHYS_PFN(__pa(block + i * PAGE_SIZE)), PAGE_KERNEL));
 
-		hugepd_populate_kernel((hugepd_t *)pmd, (pte_t *)new, PAGE_SHIFT_8M);
-		hugepd_populate_kernel((hugepd_t *)pmd + 1, (pte_t *)new, PAGE_SHIFT_8M);
+			__set_pte_at(&init_mm, k_cur, ptep + i, pte, 1);
+		}
+		pmd_populate_kernel_size(&init_mm, pmd, ptep, SZ_8M);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/8xx.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/8xx.c
index d93433e26ded..99f656b3f9f3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/8xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/8xx.c
@@ -48,20 +48,6 @@ unsigned long p_block_mapped(phys_addr_t pa)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static pte_t __init *early_hugepd_alloc_kernel(hugepd_t *pmdp, unsigned long va)
-{
-	if (hpd_val(*pmdp) == 0) {
-		pte_t *ptep = memblock_alloc(sizeof(pte_basic_t), SZ_4K);
-
-		if (!ptep)
-			return NULL;
-
-		hugepd_populate_kernel((hugepd_t *)pmdp, ptep, PAGE_SHIFT_8M);
-		hugepd_populate_kernel((hugepd_t *)pmdp + 1, ptep, PAGE_SHIFT_8M);
-	}
-	return hugepte_offset(*(hugepd_t *)pmdp, va, PGDIR_SHIFT);
-}
-
 static int __ref __early_map_kernel_hugepage(unsigned long va, phys_addr_t pa,
 					     pgprot_t prot, int psize, bool new)
 {
@@ -75,24 +61,33 @@ static int __ref __early_map_kernel_hugepage(unsigned long va, phys_addr_t pa,
 		if (WARN_ON(slab_is_available()))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (psize == MMU_PAGE_512K)
+		if (psize == MMU_PAGE_8M) {
+			if (WARN_ON(!pmd_none(*pmdp) || !pmd_none(*(pmdp + 1))))
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			ptep = early_alloc_pgtable(PTE_FRAG_SIZE);
+			pmd_populate_kernel_size(&init_mm, pmdp, ptep, SZ_8M);
+
+			ptep = early_alloc_pgtable(PTE_FRAG_SIZE);
+			pmd_populate_kernel_size(&init_mm, pmdp + 1, ptep, SZ_8M);
+
+			ptep = (pte_t *)pmdp;
+		} else {
 			ptep = early_pte_alloc_kernel(pmdp, va);
-		else
-			ptep = early_hugepd_alloc_kernel((hugepd_t *)pmdp, va);
+			/* The PTE should never be already present */
+			if (WARN_ON(pte_present(*ptep) && pgprot_val(prot)))
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	} else {
-		if (psize == MMU_PAGE_512K)
-			ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, va);
+		if (psize == MMU_PAGE_8M)
+			ptep = (pte_t *)pmdp;
 		else
-			ptep = hugepte_offset(*(hugepd_t *)pmdp, va, PGDIR_SHIFT);
+			ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, va);
 	}
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!ptep))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* The PTE should never be already present */
-	if (new && WARN_ON(pte_present(*ptep) && pgprot_val(prot)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	set_huge_pte_at(&init_mm, va, ptep,
 			pte_mkhuge(pfn_pte(pa >> PAGE_SHIFT, prot)),
 			1UL << mmu_psize_to_shift(psize));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index acdf64c9b93e..59f0d7706d2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -297,11 +297,8 @@ int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
-void set_huge_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
-		     pte_t pte, unsigned long sz)
+static void __set_huge_pte_at(pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *ptep, pte_basic_t val)
 {
-	pmd_t *pmd = pmd_off(mm, addr);
-	pte_basic_t val;
 	pte_basic_t *entry = (pte_basic_t *)ptep;
 	int num, i;
 
@@ -311,15 +308,26 @@ void set_huge_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
 	 */
 	VM_WARN_ON(pte_hw_valid(*ptep) && !pte_protnone(*ptep));
 
-	pte = set_pte_filter(pte, addr);
-
-	val = pte_val(pte);
-
 	num = number_of_cells_per_pte(pmd, val, 1);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, entry++, val += SZ_4K)
 		*entry = val;
 }
+
+void set_huge_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
+		     pte_t pte, unsigned long sz)
+{
+	pmd_t *pmdp = pmd_off(mm, addr);
+
+	pte = set_pte_filter(pte, addr);
+
+	if (sz == SZ_8M) {
+		__set_huge_pte_at(pmdp, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0), pte_val(pte));
+		__set_huge_pte_at(pmdp, pte_offset_kernel(pmdp + 1, 0), pte_val(pte) + SZ_4M);
+	} else {
+		__set_huge_pte_at(pmdp, ptep, pte_val(pte));
+	}
+}
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index cfd622ebf774..787b22206386 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ notrace void __init early_ioremap_init(void)
 	early_ioremap_setup();
 }
 
-static void __init *early_alloc_pgtable(unsigned long size)
+void __init *early_alloc_pgtable(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ptr = memblock_alloc(size, size);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
index b2d8c0da2ad9..fa4bb096b3ae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ config PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION if HUGETLB_PAGE && MIGRATION
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION if TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+	select ARCH_HAS_HUGEPD if HUGETLB_PAGE
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
 	select HAVE_MOVE_PMD
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ config PPC_BOOK3S
 config PPC_E500
 	select FSL_EMB_PERFMON
 	bool
+	select ARCH_HAS_HUGEPD if HUGETLB_PAGE
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS if PHYS_64BIT || PPC64
 	select PPC_SMP_MUXED_IPI
 	select PPC_DOORBELL
