diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 70b8cd4021c4..eeecc9c8ed68 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -391,17 +391,14 @@ int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
-			       unsigned long size, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start_page, size, node);
+	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
 }
 #else	/* !CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES */
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
-			       unsigned long size, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)start_page;
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(start_page + size);
+	unsigned long addr = start;
 	unsigned long next;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
@@ -434,7 +431,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES */
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index a57436e5d405..ae4db4bd6d97 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -819,13 +819,12 @@ void arch_refresh_nodedata(int update_node, pg_data_t *update_pgdat)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
-						unsigned long size, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start_page, size, node);
+	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
 }
 
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index 7e2246fb2f31..5a535b73ea18 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -263,19 +263,14 @@ static __meminit void vmemmap_list_populate(unsigned long phys,
 	vmemmap_list = vmem_back;
 }
 
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
-			       unsigned long nr_pages, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)start_page;
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(start_page + nr_pages);
 	unsigned long page_size = 1 << mmu_psize_defs[mmu_vmemmap_psize].shift;
 
 	/* Align to the page size of the linear mapping. */
 	start = _ALIGN_DOWN(start, page_size);
 
-	pr_debug("vmemmap_populate page %p, %ld pages, node %d\n",
-		 start_page, nr_pages, node);
-	pr_debug(" -> map %lx..%lx\n", start, end);
+	pr_debug("vmemmap_populate %lx..%lx, node %d\n", start, end, node);
 
 	for (; start < end; start += page_size) {
 		void *p;
@@ -298,7 +293,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index ffab84db6907..35837054f734 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -191,19 +191,16 @@ static void vmem_remove_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
 /*
  * Add a backed mem_map array to the virtual mem_map array.
  */
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	unsigned long address, start_addr, end_addr;
+	unsigned long address = start;
 	pgd_t *pg_dir;
 	pud_t *pu_dir;
 	pmd_t *pm_dir;
 	pte_t *pt_dir;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	start_addr = (unsigned long) start;
-	end_addr = (unsigned long) (start + nr);
-
-	for (address = start_addr; address < end_addr;) {
+	for (address = start; address < end;) {
 		pg_dir = pgd_offset_k(address);
 		if (pgd_none(*pg_dir)) {
 			pu_dir = vmem_pud_alloc();
@@ -262,14 +259,14 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
 		}
 		address += PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
-	memset(start, 0, nr * sizeof(struct page));
+	memset((void *)start, 0, end - start);
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	flush_tlb_kernel_range(start_addr, end_addr);
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 1588d33d5492..6ac99d64a13c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2181,10 +2181,9 @@ unsigned long vmemmap_table[VMEMMAP_SIZE];
 static long __meminitdata addr_start, addr_end;
 static int __meminitdata node_start;
 
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend,
+			       int node)
 {
-	unsigned long vstart = (unsigned long) start;
-	unsigned long vend = (unsigned long) (start + nr);
 	unsigned long phys_start = (vstart - VMEMMAP_BASE);
 	unsigned long phys_end = (vend - VMEMMAP_BASE);
 	unsigned long addr = phys_start & VMEMMAP_CHUNK_MASK;
@@ -2236,7 +2235,7 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
 	}
 }
 
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 2ef81f19bd6c..528c143f467c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1011,11 +1011,8 @@ remove_pagetable(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, bool direct)
 	flush_tlb_all();
 }
 
-void __ref vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+void __ref vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)memmap;
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages);
-
 	remove_pagetable(start, end, false);
 }
 
@@ -1284,17 +1281,15 @@ static long __meminitdata addr_start, addr_end;
 static void __meminitdata *p_start, *p_end;
 static int __meminitdata node_start;
 
-int __meminit
-vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page, unsigned long size, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)start_page;
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(start_page + size);
+	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long next;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 
-	for (; addr < end; addr = next) {
+	for (addr = start; addr < end; addr = next) {
 		void *p = NULL;
 
 		pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node);
@@ -1351,7 +1346,7 @@ vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page, unsigned long size, int node)
 		}
 
 	}
-	sync_global_pgds((unsigned long)start_page, end - 1);
+	sync_global_pgds(start, end - 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 98a44376e4f3..6d7266842abd 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1764,12 +1764,12 @@ pte_t *vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node);
 void *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node);
 void *vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node);
 void vmemmap_verify(pte_t *, int, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-int vmemmap_populate_basepages(struct page *start_page,
-						unsigned long pages, int node);
-int vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page, unsigned long pages, int node);
+int vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+			       int node);
+int vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node);
 void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages);
+void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 #endif
 void register_page_bootmem_memmap(unsigned long section_nr, struct page *map,
 				  unsigned long size);
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 22b7e18e9dea..27eeab3be757 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -147,11 +147,10 @@ pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
 	return pgd;
 }
 
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(struct page *start_page,
-						unsigned long size, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start,
+					 unsigned long end, int node)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)start_page;
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(start_page + size);
+	unsigned long addr = start;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
@@ -178,9 +177,15 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(struct page *start_page,
 
 struct page * __meminit sparse_mem_map_populate(unsigned long pnum, int nid)
 {
-	struct page *map = pfn_to_page(pnum * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-	int error = vmemmap_populate(map, PAGES_PER_SECTION, nid);
-	if (error)
+	unsigned long start;
+	unsigned long end;
+	struct page *map;
+
+	map = pfn_to_page(pnum * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	start = (unsigned long)map;
+	end = (unsigned long)(map + PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+
+	if (vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid))
 		return NULL;
 
 	return map;
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 7ca6dc847947..a37be5f9050d 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -615,11 +615,17 @@ static inline struct page *kmalloc_section_memmap(unsigned long pnum, int nid,
 }
 static void __kfree_section_memmap(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
-	vmemmap_free(memmap, nr_pages);
+	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)memmap;
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages);
+
+	vmemmap_free(start, end);
 }
 static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
-	vmemmap_free(memmap, nr_pages);
+	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)memmap;
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages);
+
+	vmemmap_free(start, end);
 }
 #else
 static struct page *__kmalloc_section_memmap(unsigned long nr_pages)