diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index b94f63ac228b..ed9f04b3836d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -901,6 +901,14 @@ static __init void xen_pagetable_setup_done(pgd_t *base)
 	pin_pagetable_pfn(MMUEXT_PIN_L3_TABLE, PFN_DOWN(__pa(base)));
 }
 
+static __init void xen_post_allocator_init(void)
+{
+	pv_mmu_ops.set_pmd = xen_set_pmd;
+	pv_mmu_ops.set_pud = xen_set_pud;
+
+	xen_mark_init_mm_pinned();
+}
+
 /* This is called once we have the cpu_possible_map */
 void xen_setup_vcpu_info_placement(void)
 {
@@ -988,7 +996,7 @@ static const struct pv_init_ops xen_init_ops __initdata = {
 	.banner = xen_banner,
 	.memory_setup = xen_memory_setup,
 	.arch_setup = xen_arch_setup,
-	.post_allocator_init = xen_mark_init_mm_pinned,
+	.post_allocator_init = xen_post_allocator_init,
 };
 
 static const struct pv_time_ops xen_time_ops __initdata = {
@@ -1100,7 +1108,7 @@ static const struct pv_mmu_ops xen_mmu_ops __initdata = {
 
 	.set_pte = NULL,	/* see xen_pagetable_setup_* */
 	.set_pte_at = xen_set_pte_at,
-	.set_pmd = xen_set_pmd,
+	.set_pmd = xen_set_pmd_hyper,
 
 	.pte_val = xen_pte_val,
 	.pte_flags = native_pte_val,
@@ -1111,7 +1119,7 @@ static const struct pv_mmu_ops xen_mmu_ops __initdata = {
 
 	.set_pte_atomic = xen_set_pte_atomic,
 	.set_pte_present = xen_set_pte_at,
-	.set_pud = xen_set_pud,
+	.set_pud = xen_set_pud_hyper,
 	.pte_clear = xen_pte_clear,
 	.pmd_clear = xen_pmd_clear,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index 17f374eb1faa..4fa0934db925 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -223,7 +223,14 @@ void make_lowmem_page_readwrite(void *vaddr)
 }
 
 
-void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *ptr, pmd_t val)
+static bool page_pinned(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(ptr);
+
+	return PagePinned(page);
+}
+
+void xen_set_pmd_hyper(pmd_t *ptr, pmd_t val)
 {
 	struct multicall_space mcs;
 	struct mmu_update *u;
@@ -241,6 +248,18 @@ void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *ptr, pmd_t val)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *ptr, pmd_t val)
+{
+	/* If page is not pinned, we can just update the entry
+	   directly */
+	if (!page_pinned(ptr)) {
+		*ptr = val;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	xen_set_pmd_hyper(ptr, val);
+}
+
 /*
  * Associate a virtual page frame with a given physical page frame
  * and protection flags for that frame.
@@ -348,7 +367,7 @@ pmdval_t xen_pmd_val(pmd_t pmd)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void xen_set_pud(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val)
+void xen_set_pud_hyper(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val)
 {
 	struct multicall_space mcs;
 	struct mmu_update *u;
@@ -366,6 +385,18 @@ void xen_set_pud(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+void xen_set_pud(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val)
+{
+	/* If page is not pinned, we can just update the entry
+	   directly */
+	if (!page_pinned(ptr)) {
+		*ptr = val;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	xen_set_pud_hyper(ptr, val);
+}
+
 void xen_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 {
 	ptep->pte_high = pte.pte_high;
@@ -387,7 +418,7 @@ void xen_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 
 void xen_pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
-	xen_set_pmd(pmdp, __pmd(0));
+	set_pmd(pmdp, __pmd(0));
 }
 
 pmd_t xen_make_pmd(pmdval_t pmd)
@@ -758,7 +789,7 @@ void xen_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 
 	/* pgd may not be pinned in the error exit path of execve */
-	if (PagePinned(virt_to_page(mm->pgd)))
+	if (page_pinned(mm->pgd))
 		xen_pgd_unpin(mm->pgd);
 
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.h b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.h
index 5fe961caffd4..e3dd09e25c63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ enum pt_level {
 
 void set_pte_mfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags);
 
-void xen_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval);
-void xen_set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-		    pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval);
-void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmdval);
 
 void xen_activate_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next);
 void xen_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -45,10 +41,14 @@ pte_t xen_make_pte(pteval_t);
 pmd_t xen_make_pmd(pmdval_t);
 pgd_t xen_make_pgd(pgdval_t);
 
+void xen_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval);
 void xen_set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		    pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval);
 void xen_set_pte_atomic(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
+void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmdval);
 void xen_set_pud(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val);
+void xen_set_pmd_hyper(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmdval);
+void xen_set_pud_hyper(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val);
 void xen_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep);
 void xen_pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmdp);