diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ced4366ee3d407524d6961aa90d0c71d65017b5a..b1e3483249c311dedf43e9379318befcb291dbc2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5919,7 +5919,7 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
  * not check if the processor is online before following the pageset pointer.
  * Other parts of the kernel may not check if the zone is available.
  */
-static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
+static void pageset_init(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct per_cpu_pageset, boot_pageset);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct per_cpu_nodestat, boot_nodestats);
 
@@ -5987,7 +5987,7 @@ build_all_zonelists_init(void)
 	 * (a chicken-egg dilemma).
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		setup_pageset(&per_cpu(boot_pageset, cpu));
+		pageset_init(&per_cpu(boot_pageset, cpu));
 
 	mminit_verify_zonelist();
 	cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
@@ -6306,12 +6306,15 @@ static void pageset_init(struct per_cpu_pageset *p)
 	pcp = &p->pcp;
 	for (migratetype = 0; migratetype < MIGRATE_PCPTYPES; migratetype++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcp->lists[migratetype]);
-}
 
-static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p)
-{
-	pageset_init(p);
-	pageset_update(&p->pcp, 0, 1);
+	/*
+	 * Set batch and high values safe for a boot pageset. A true percpu
+	 * pageset's initialization will update them subsequently. Here we don't
+	 * need to be as careful as pageset_update() as nobody can access the
+	 * pageset yet.
+	 */
+	pcp->high = 0;
+	pcp->batch = 1;
 }
 
 /*