diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4ffed1c..b5a58d4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3265,6 +3265,16 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
+
+/* Return a sensible default order for the pageblock size. */
+static inline int pageblock_default_order(void)
+{
+	if (HPAGE_SHIFT > PAGE_SHIFT)
+		return HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER;
+
+	return MAX_ORDER-1;
+}
+
 /* Initialise the number of pages represented by NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS */
 static inline void __init set_pageblock_order(unsigned int order)
 {
@@ -3280,7 +3290,16 @@
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
 
-/* Defined this way to avoid accidently referencing HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER */
+/*
+ * When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE is not set, set_pageblock_order()
+ * and pageblock_default_order() are unused as pageblock_order is set
+ * at compile-time. See include/linux/pageblock-flags.h for the values of
+ * pageblock_order based on the kernel config
+ */
+static inline int pageblock_default_order(unsigned int order)
+{
+	return MAX_ORDER-1;
+}
 #define set_pageblock_order(x)	do {} while (0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
@@ -3365,7 +3384,7 @@
 		if (!size)
 			continue;
 
-		set_pageblock_order(HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
+		set_pageblock_order(pageblock_default_order());
 		setup_usemap(pgdat, zone, size);
 		ret = init_currently_empty_zone(zone, zone_start_pfn,
 						size, MEMMAP_EARLY);