diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 05c39ecd2efd..21484e5b9e9a 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
-	if (pte)
-		clear_page(page_address(pte));
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	clear_page(page_address(pte));
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
+		__free_page(pte);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 
 static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *pte)
 {
+	pgtable_page_dtor(pte);
 	__free_page(pte);
 }