diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
index 7ae407941be2..3536d12eb798 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
@@ -295,16 +295,17 @@ static inline int hpte_cache_flags_ok(unsigned long ptel, unsigned long io_type)
 
 /*
  * If it's present and writable, atomically set dirty and referenced bits and
- * return the PTE, otherwise return 0. If we find a transparent hugepage
- * and if it is marked splitting we return 0;
+ * return the PTE, otherwise return 0.
  */
-static inline pte_t kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(pte_t *ptep, int writing,
-						 unsigned int hugepage)
+static inline pte_t kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(pte_t *ptep, int writing)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte, new_pte = __pte(0);
 
 	while (1) {
-		old_pte = *ptep;
+		/*
+		 * Make sure we don't reload from ptep
+		 */
+		old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
 		/*
 		 * wait until _PAGE_BUSY is clear then set it atomically
 		 */
@@ -312,12 +313,6 @@ static inline pte_t kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(pte_t *ptep, int writing,
 			cpu_relax();
 			continue;
 		}
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-		/* If hugepage and is trans splitting return None */
-		if (unlikely(hugepage &&
-			     pmd_trans_splitting(pte_pmd(old_pte))))
-			return __pte(0);
-#endif
 		/* If pte is not present return None */
 		if (unlikely(!(pte_val(old_pte) & _PAGE_PRESENT)))
 			return __pte(0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 9835ac4173b7..11a38635dd65 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -247,28 +247,16 @@ extern int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 #define pmd_large(pmd)		0
 #define has_transparent_hugepage() 0
 #endif
-pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
+pte_t *__find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
 				 unsigned *shift);
-
-static inline pte_t *lookup_linux_ptep(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long hva,
-				     unsigned long *pte_sizep)
+static inline pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
+					       unsigned *shift)
 {
-	pte_t *ptep;
-	unsigned long ps = *pte_sizep;
-	unsigned int shift;
-
-	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, hva, &shift);
-	if (!ptep)
-		return NULL;
-	if (shift)
-		*pte_sizep = 1ul << shift;
-	else
-		*pte_sizep = PAGE_SIZE;
-
-	if (ps > *pte_sizep)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return ptep;
+	if (!arch_irqs_disabled()) {
+		pr_info("%s called with irq enabled\n", __func__);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
+	return __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, ea, shift);
 }
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index a4c62eb0ee48..44b480e3a5af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -334,9 +334,11 @@ static inline unsigned long eeh_token_to_phys(unsigned long token)
 	int hugepage_shift;
 
 	/*
-	 * We won't find hugepages here, iomem
+	 * We won't find hugepages here(this is iomem). Hence we are not
+	 * worried about _PAGE_SPLITTING/collapse. Also we will not hit
+	 * page table free, because of init_mm.
 	 */
-	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(init_mm.pgd, token, &hugepage_shift);
+	ptep = __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(init_mm.pgd, token, &hugepage_shift);
 	if (!ptep)
 		return token;
 	WARN_ON(hugepage_shift);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/io-workarounds.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/io-workarounds.c
index 24b968f8e4d8..63d9cc4d7366 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/io-workarounds.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/io-workarounds.c
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ struct iowa_bus *iowa_mem_find_bus(const PCI_IO_ADDR addr)
 		vaddr = (unsigned long)PCI_FIX_ADDR(addr);
 		if (vaddr < PHB_IO_BASE || vaddr >= PHB_IO_END)
 			return NULL;
-
-		ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(init_mm.pgd, vaddr,
+		/*
+		 * We won't find huge pages here (iomem). Also can't hit
+		 * a page table free due to init_mm
+		 */
+		ptep = __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(init_mm.pgd, vaddr,
 						 &hugepage_shift);
 		if (ptep == NULL)
 			paddr = 0;
 		else {
-			/*
-			 * we don't have hugepages backing iomem
-			 */
 			WARN_ON(hugepage_shift);
 			paddr = pte_pfn(*ptep) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
index 2963e4dd0b80..3caec2c42105 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ config KVM_BOOK3S_64
 
 config KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV
 	tristate "KVM support for POWER7 and PPC970 using hypervisor mode in host"
-	depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64
+	depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 && PPC_POWERNV
 	select KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
 	select MMU_NOTIFIER
 	select CMA
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
index d6fe30835c58..1a4acf8bf4f4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
@@ -535,23 +535,21 @@ int kvmppc_book3s_hv_page_fault(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		}
 		/* if the guest wants write access, see if that is OK */
 		if (!writing && hpte_is_writable(r)) {
-			unsigned int hugepage_shift;
 			pte_t *ptep, pte;
-
+			unsigned long flags;
 			/*
 			 * We need to protect against page table destruction
-			 * while looking up and updating the pte.
+			 * hugepage split and collapse.
 			 */
-			rcu_read_lock_sched();
+			local_irq_save(flags);
 			ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(current->mm->pgd,
-							 hva, &hugepage_shift);
+							 hva, NULL);
 			if (ptep) {
-				pte = kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(ptep, 1,
-							   hugepage_shift);
+				pte = kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(ptep, 1);
 				if (pte_write(pte))
 					write_ok = 1;
 			}
-			rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+			local_irq_restore(flags);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
index f6bf0b1de6d7..b027a89737b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ static void *real_vmalloc_addr(void *x)
 {
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) x;
 	pte_t *p;
-
-	p = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(swapper_pg_dir, addr, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * assume we don't have huge pages in vmalloc space...
+	 * So don't worry about THP collapse/split. Called
+	 * Only in realmode, hence won't need irq_save/restore.
+	 */
+	p = __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(swapper_pg_dir, addr, NULL);
 	if (!p || !pte_present(*p))
 		return NULL;
-	/* assume we don't have huge pages in vmalloc space... */
 	addr = (pte_pfn(*p) << PAGE_SHIFT) | (addr & ~PAGE_MASK);
 	return __va(addr);
 }
@@ -131,25 +134,6 @@ static void remove_revmap_chain(struct kvm *kvm, long pte_index,
 	unlock_rmap(rmap);
 }
 
-static pte_t lookup_linux_pte_and_update(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long hva,
-			      int writing, unsigned long *pte_sizep)
-{
-	pte_t *ptep;
-	unsigned long ps = *pte_sizep;
-	unsigned int hugepage_shift;
-
-	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, hva, &hugepage_shift);
-	if (!ptep)
-		return __pte(0);
-	if (hugepage_shift)
-		*pte_sizep = 1ul << hugepage_shift;
-	else
-		*pte_sizep = PAGE_SIZE;
-	if (ps > *pte_sizep)
-		return __pte(0);
-	return kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(ptep, writing, hugepage_shift);
-}
-
 long kvmppc_do_h_enter(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long flags,
 		       long pte_index, unsigned long pteh, unsigned long ptel,
 		       pgd_t *pgdir, bool realmode, unsigned long *pte_idx_ret)
@@ -160,13 +144,13 @@ long kvmppc_do_h_enter(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long flags,
 	struct revmap_entry *rev;
 	unsigned long g_ptel;
 	struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot;
-	unsigned long pte_size;
+	unsigned hpage_shift;
 	unsigned long is_io;
 	unsigned long *rmap;
-	pte_t pte;
+	pte_t *ptep;
 	unsigned int writing;
 	unsigned long mmu_seq;
-	unsigned long rcbits;
+	unsigned long rcbits, irq_flags = 0;
 
 	psize = hpte_page_size(pteh, ptel);
 	if (!psize)
@@ -202,22 +186,46 @@ long kvmppc_do_h_enter(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long flags,
 
 	/* Translate to host virtual address */
 	hva = __gfn_to_hva_memslot(memslot, gfn);
-
-	/* Look up the Linux PTE for the backing page */
-	pte_size = psize;
-	pte = lookup_linux_pte_and_update(pgdir, hva, writing, &pte_size);
-	if (pte_present(pte) && !pte_protnone(pte)) {
-		if (writing && !pte_write(pte))
-			/* make the actual HPTE be read-only */
-			ptel = hpte_make_readonly(ptel);
-		is_io = hpte_cache_bits(pte_val(pte));
-		pa = pte_pfn(pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		pa |= hva & (pte_size - 1);
-		pa |= gpa & ~PAGE_MASK;
+	/*
+	 * If we had a page table table change after lookup, we would
+	 * retry via mmu_notifier_retry.
+	 */
+	if (realmode)
+		ptep = __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, hva, &hpage_shift);
+	else {
+		local_irq_save(irq_flags);
+		ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, hva, &hpage_shift);
 	}
+	if (ptep) {
+		pte_t pte;
+		unsigned int host_pte_size;
 
-	if (pte_size < psize)
-		return H_PARAMETER;
+		if (hpage_shift)
+			host_pte_size = 1ul << hpage_shift;
+		else
+			host_pte_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+		/*
+		 * We should always find the guest page size
+		 * to <= host page size, if host is using hugepage
+		 */
+		if (host_pte_size < psize) {
+			if (!realmode)
+				local_irq_restore(flags);
+			return H_PARAMETER;
+		}
+		pte = kvmppc_read_update_linux_pte(ptep, writing);
+		if (pte_present(pte) && !pte_protnone(pte)) {
+			if (writing && !pte_write(pte))
+				/* make the actual HPTE be read-only */
+				ptel = hpte_make_readonly(ptel);
+			is_io = hpte_cache_bits(pte_val(pte));
+			pa = pte_pfn(pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+			pa |= hva & (host_pte_size - 1);
+			pa |= gpa & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!realmode)
+		local_irq_restore(irq_flags);
 
 	ptel &= ~(HPTE_R_PP0 - psize);
 	ptel |= pa;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
index cc536d4a75ef..4d33e199edcc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ static inline int kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	unsigned int wimg = 0;
 	pgd_t *pgdir;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* used to check for invalidations in progress */
 	mmu_seq = kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
@@ -468,15 +469,28 @@ static inline int kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
 
 
 	pgdir = vcpu_e500->vcpu.arch.pgdir;
-	ptep = lookup_linux_ptep(pgdir, hva, &tsize_pages);
-	if (pte_present(*ptep))
-		wimg = (*ptep >> PTE_WIMGE_SHIFT) & MAS2_WIMGE_MASK;
-	else {
-		if (printk_ratelimit())
-			pr_err("%s: pte not present: gfn %lx, pfn %lx\n",
-				__func__, (long)gfn, pfn);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * We are just looking at the wimg bits, so we don't
+	 * care much about the trans splitting bit.
+	 * We are holding kvm->mmu_lock so a notifier invalidate
+	 * can't run hence pfn won't change.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, hva, NULL);
+	if (ptep) {
+		pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+
+		if (pte_present(pte)) {
+			wimg = (pte_val(pte) >> PTE_WIMGE_SHIFT) &
+				MAS2_WIMGE_MASK;
+			local_irq_restore(flags);
+		} else {
+			local_irq_restore(flags);
+			pr_err_ratelimited("%s: pte not present: gfn %lx,pfn %lx\n",
+					   __func__, (long)gfn, pfn);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 	kvmppc_e500_ref_setup(ref, gtlbe, pfn, wimg);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index 2c2022d16059..fda236f908eb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ int hash_page_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea,
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES */
 
 	/* Get PTE and page size from page tables */
-	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, ea, &hugeshift);
+	ptep = __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, ea, &hugeshift);
 	if (ptep == NULL || !pte_present(*ptep)) {
 		DBG_LOW(" no PTE !\n");
 		rc = 1;
@@ -1394,6 +1394,7 @@ tm_abort:
 		tm_abort(TM_CAUSE_TLBI);
 	}
 #endif
+	return;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index fa9d5c238d22..0ce968b00b7c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int pgd_huge(pgd_t pgd)
 pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	/* Only called for hugetlbfs pages, hence can ignore THP */
-	return find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(mm->pgd, addr, NULL);
+	return __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(mm->pgd, addr, NULL);
 }
 
 static int __hugepte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, hugepd_t *hpdp,
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ static void hugetlb_free_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, start);
 	pud_clear(pud);
 	pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, start);
+	mm_dec_nr_pmds(tlb->mm);
 }
 
 static void hugetlb_free_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgd_t *pgd,
@@ -681,28 +682,35 @@ void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	} while (addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We are holding mmap_sem, so a parallel huge page collapse cannot run.
+ * To prevent hugepage split, disable irq.
+ */
 struct page *
 follow_huge_addr(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, int write)
 {
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned shift;
-	unsigned long mask;
+	unsigned long mask, flags;
 	/*
 	 * Transparent hugepages are handled by generic code. We can skip them
 	 * here.
 	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(mm->pgd, address, &shift);
 
 	/* Verify it is a huge page else bail. */
-	if (!ptep || !shift || pmd_trans_huge(*(pmd_t *)ptep))
+	if (!ptep || !shift || pmd_trans_huge(*(pmd_t *)ptep)) {
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
+	}
 	mask = (1UL << shift) - 1;
 	page = pte_page(*ptep);
 	if (page)
 		page += (address & mask) / PAGE_SIZE;
 
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return page;
 }
 
@@ -949,9 +957,12 @@ void flush_dcache_icache_hugepage(struct page *page)
  *
  * So long as we atomically load page table pointers we are safe against teardown,
  * we can follow the address down to the the page and take a ref on it.
+ * This function need to be called with interrupts disabled. We use this variant
+ * when we have MSR[EE] = 0 but the paca->soft_enabled = 1
  */
 
-pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea, unsigned *shift)
+pte_t *__find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
+				   unsigned *shift)
 {
 	pgd_t pgd, *pgdp;
 	pud_t pud, *pudp;
@@ -1003,12 +1014,11 @@ pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea, unsigned *shift
 			 * A hugepage collapse is captured by pmd_none, because
 			 * it mark the pmd none and do a hpte invalidate.
 			 *
-			 * A hugepage split is captured by pmd_trans_splitting
-			 * because we mark the pmd trans splitting and do a
-			 * hpte invalidate
-			 *
+			 * We don't worry about pmd_trans_splitting here, The
+			 * caller if it needs to handle the splitting case
+			 * should check for that.
 			 */
-			if (pmd_none(pmd) || pmd_trans_splitting(pmd))
+			if (pmd_none(pmd))
 				return NULL;
 
 			if (pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_large(pmd)) {
@@ -1030,7 +1040,7 @@ out:
 		*shift = pdshift;
 	return ret_pte;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_linux_pte_or_hugepte);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__find_linux_pte_or_hugepte);
 
 int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c
index ead55351b254..ff09cde20cd2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c
@@ -111,41 +111,45 @@ perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, struct pt_regs *regs)
  * interrupt context, so if the access faults, we read the page tables
  * to find which page (if any) is mapped and access it directly.
  */
-static int read_user_stack_slow(void __user *ptr, void *ret, int nb)
+static int read_user_stack_slow(void __user *ptr, void *buf, int nb)
 {
+	int ret = -EFAULT;
 	pgd_t *pgdir;
 	pte_t *ptep, pte;
 	unsigned shift;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) ptr;
 	unsigned long offset;
-	unsigned long pfn;
+	unsigned long pfn, flags;
 	void *kaddr;
 
 	pgdir = current->mm->pgd;
 	if (!pgdir)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	ptep = find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, addr, &shift);
+	if (!ptep)
+		goto err_out;
 	if (!shift)
 		shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	/* align address to page boundary */
 	offset = addr & ((1UL << shift) - 1);
-	addr -= offset;
 
-	if (ptep == NULL)
-		return -EFAULT;
-	pte = *ptep;
+	pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
 	if (!pte_present(pte) || !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER))
-		return -EFAULT;
+		goto err_out;
 	pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 	if (!page_is_ram(pfn))
-		return -EFAULT;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	/* no highmem to worry about here */
 	kaddr = pfn_to_kaddr(pfn);
-	memcpy(ret, kaddr + offset, nb);
-	return 0;
+	memcpy(buf, kaddr + offset, nb);
+	ret = 0;
+err_out:
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int read_user_stack_64(unsigned long __user *ptr, unsigned long *ret)