diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index ed82edad1a39..d6de9353ee11 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2519,12 +2519,13 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		return pte;
 
 	page = __alloc_for_cache(mm);
-	if (page) {
-		pgtable_page_ctor(page);
-		pte = (pte_t *) page_address(page);
+	if (!page)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		free_hot_cold_page(page, 0);
+		return NULL;
 	}
-
-	return pte;
+	return (pte_t *) page_address(page);
 }
 
 void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c b/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
index 5d721df48a72..869023abe5a4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
@@ -345,7 +345,10 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	if ((pte = (unsigned long)pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, address)) == 0)
 		return NULL;
 	page = pfn_to_page(__nocache_pa(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		__free_page(page);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return page;
 }