diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
index 8911850..9f210de 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,11 @@
 		pmd = pmd_alloc_one(NULL, addr);
 		if (!pmd)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		pud_populate(NULL, pud, pmd);
+		arm_smmu_flush_pgtable(smmu, pud, sizeof(*pud));
+
+		pmd += pmd_index(addr);
 	} else
 #endif
 		pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
@@ -1328,8 +1333,6 @@
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		ret = arm_smmu_alloc_init_pte(smmu, pmd, addr, end, pfn,
 					      flags, stage);
-		pud_populate(NULL, pud, pmd);
-		arm_smmu_flush_pgtable(smmu, pud, sizeof(*pud));
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr < end);
 
@@ -1349,6 +1352,11 @@
 		pud = pud_alloc_one(NULL, addr);
 		if (!pud)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		pgd_populate(NULL, pgd, pud);
+		arm_smmu_flush_pgtable(smmu, pgd, sizeof(*pgd));
+
+		pud += pud_index(addr);
 	} else
 #endif
 		pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
@@ -1357,8 +1365,6 @@
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
 		ret = arm_smmu_alloc_init_pmd(smmu, pud, addr, next, phys,
 					      flags, stage);
-		pgd_populate(NULL, pud, pgd);
-		arm_smmu_flush_pgtable(smmu, pgd, sizeof(*pgd));
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr < end);