diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index 9d4767698a1c..9f131c6034c5 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ pmd_t pmdp_collapse_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
 	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*pmdp));
 	pmd = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp);
-	flush_pmd_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
+
+	/* collapse entails shooting down ptes not pmd */
+	flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 	return pmd;
 }
 #endif