diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/s390/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 597bb2d27c3c..900de2b3cf28 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ void arch_release_hugepage(struct page *page)
 	ptep = (pte_t *) page[1].index;
 	if (!ptep)
 		return;
+	clear_table((unsigned long *) ptep, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY,
+		    PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
 	page_table_free(&init_mm, (unsigned long *) ptep);
 	page[1].index = 0;
 }