diff --git a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock
index 7521d367f21d..6dea4fd5c961 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock
+++ b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ levels.
 PMD split lock enabling requires pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() call on PMD table
 allocation and pgtable_pmd_page_dtor() on freeing.
 
-Allocation usually happens in pmd_alloc_one(), freeing in pmd_free(), but
-make sure you cover all PMD table allocation / freeing paths: i.e X86_PAE
-preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc().
+Allocation usually happens in pmd_alloc_one(), freeing in pmd_free() and
+pmd_free_tlb(), but make sure you cover all PMD table allocation / freeing
+paths: i.e X86_PAE preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc().
 
 With everything in place you can set CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 36aa999b2631..c96314abd144 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void ___pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *pte)
 #if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 2
 void ___pmd_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pmd_t *pmd)
 {
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(pmd);
 	paravirt_release_pmd(__pa(pmd) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	/*
 	 * NOTE! For PAE, any changes to the top page-directory-pointer-table
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ void ___pmd_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pmd_t *pmd)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 	tlb->need_flush_all = 1;
 #endif
-	tlb_remove_page(tlb, virt_to_page(pmd));
+	pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(page);
+	tlb_remove_page(tlb, page);
 }
 
 #if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 3