diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index a1f780d45f76..98ac76dc4eae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ static inline int pgd_none(pgd_t pgd)
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 extern int direct_gbpages;
+void probe_page_size_mask(void);
 
 /* local pte updates need not use xchg for locking */
 static inline pte_t native_local_ptep_get_and_clear(pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index ca45696f30fb..01fb5f9baf90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -913,6 +913,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	setup_real_mode();
 
 	init_gbpages();
+	probe_page_size_mask();
 
 	/* max_pfn_mapped is updated here */
 	max_low_pfn_mapped = init_memory_mapping(0, max_low_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index d7aea41563b3..aa5b0da03f6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct map_range {
 	unsigned page_size_mask;
 };
 
+static int page_size_mask;
 /*
  * First calculate space needed for kernel direct mapping page tables to cover
  * mr[0].start to mr[nr_range - 1].end, while accounting for possible 2M and 1GB
@@ -94,6 +95,30 @@ static void __init find_early_table_space(struct map_range *mr, int nr_range)
 		(pgt_buf_top << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
 }
 
+void probe_page_size_mask(void)
+{
+#if !defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) && !defined(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK)
+	/*
+	 * For CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, identity mapping will use small pages.
+	 * This will simplify cpa(), which otherwise needs to support splitting
+	 * large pages into small in interrupt context, etc.
+	 */
+	if (direct_gbpages)
+		page_size_mask |= 1 << PG_LEVEL_1G;
+	if (cpu_has_pse)
+		page_size_mask |= 1 << PG_LEVEL_2M;
+#endif
+
+	/* Enable PSE if available */
+	if (cpu_has_pse)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PSE);
+
+	/* Enable PGE if available */
+	if (cpu_has_pge) {
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PGE);
+		__supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	}
+}
 void __init native_pagetable_reserve(u64 start, u64 end)
 {
 	memblock_reserve(start, end - start);
@@ -129,45 +154,15 @@ static int __meminit save_mr(struct map_range *mr, int nr_range,
 unsigned long __init_refok init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start,
 					       unsigned long end)
 {
-	unsigned long page_size_mask = 0;
 	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
 	unsigned long ret = 0;
 	unsigned long pos;
-
 	struct map_range mr[NR_RANGE_MR];
 	int nr_range, i;
-	int use_pse, use_gbpages;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "init_memory_mapping: [mem %#010lx-%#010lx]\n",
 	       start, end - 1);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) || defined(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK)
-	/*
-	 * For CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, identity mapping will use small pages.
-	 * This will simplify cpa(), which otherwise needs to support splitting
-	 * large pages into small in interrupt context, etc.
-	 */
-	use_pse = use_gbpages = 0;
-#else
-	use_pse = cpu_has_pse;
-	use_gbpages = direct_gbpages;
-#endif
-
-	/* Enable PSE if available */
-	if (cpu_has_pse)
-		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PSE);
-
-	/* Enable PGE if available */
-	if (cpu_has_pge) {
-		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PGE);
-		__supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
-	}
-
-	if (use_gbpages)
-		page_size_mask |= 1 << PG_LEVEL_1G;
-	if (use_pse)
-		page_size_mask |= 1 << PG_LEVEL_2M;
-
 	memset(mr, 0, sizeof(mr));
 	nr_range = 0;