diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e27cd716ca95c9c46b9734e4170da63d3cf7a89e..2ca2c1bc0db958684c54fbdb135898f2dc5e8721 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2641,14 +2641,17 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
 	vm_remove_mappings(area, deallocate_pages);
 
 	if (deallocate_pages) {
-		unsigned int page_order = vm_area_page_order(area);
 		int i;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i += 1U << page_order) {
+		for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = area->pages[i];
 
 			BUG_ON(!page);
-			__free_pages(page, page_order);
+			/*
+			 * High-order allocs for huge vmallocs are split, so
+			 * can be freed as an array of order-0 allocations
+			 */
+			__free_pages(page, 0);
 		}
 		atomic_long_sub(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
 
@@ -2930,8 +2933,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		struct page *page;
 		int p;
 
-		/* Compound pages required for remap_vmalloc_page */
-		page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask | __GFP_COMP, page_order);
+		page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask, page_order);
 		if (unlikely(!page)) {
 			/* Successfully allocated i pages, free them in __vfree() */
 			area->nr_pages = i;
@@ -2943,6 +2945,16 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Higher order allocations must be able to be treated as
+		 * indepdenent small pages by callers (as they can with
+		 * small-page vmallocs). Some drivers do their own refcounting
+		 * on vmalloc_to_page() pages, some use page->mapping,
+		 * page->lru, etc.
+		 */
+		if (page_order)
+			split_page(page, page_order);
+
 		for (p = 0; p < (1U << page_order); p++)
 			area->pages[i + p] = page + p;