diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index e5f5319498573c6033ef93e4bb0617489a4480ed..74fae833512800ac0c42edd6eb681871c36519e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ static __init void *spp_getpage(void)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-static void
-set_pte_phys(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
+void
+set_pte_vaddr(unsigned long vaddr, pte_t new_pte)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
-	pte_t *pte, new_pte;
+	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pr_debug("set_pte_phys %lx to %lx\n", vaddr, phys);
+	pr_debug("set_pte_vaddr %lx to %lx\n", vaddr, native_pte_val(new_pte));
 
 	pgd = pgd_offset_k(vaddr);
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ set_pte_phys(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	new_pte = pfn_pte(phys >> PAGE_SHIFT, prot);
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr);
 	if (!pte_none(*pte) && pte_val(new_pte) &&
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 3ebebe480b539d5c67f3a97e6ceca27f3800482d..7498124e30fca22963ca8374fb477041b05f75f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -285,6 +285,6 @@ void __set_fixmap (enum fixed_addresses idx, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t flags)
 		BUG();
 		return;
 	}
-	set_pte_pfn(address, phys >> PAGE_SHIFT, flags);
+	set_pte_vaddr(address, pfn_pte(phys >> PAGE_SHIFT, flags));
 	fixmaps_set++;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
index 3f97c3c87288c3afee83609af3f80d8bd04f4e27..0662f345212f048b37b61b7cef478bb49a584733 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void show_mem(void)
  * Associate a virtual page frame with a given physical page frame 
  * and protection flags for that frame.
  */ 
-static void set_pte_pfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags)
+void set_pte_vaddr(unsigned long vaddr, pte_t pteval)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ static void set_pte_pfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags)
 		return;
 	}
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr);
-	if (pgprot_val(flags))
-		set_pte_present(&init_mm, vaddr, pte, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
+	if (pte_val(pteval))
+		set_pte_present(&init_mm, vaddr, pte, pteval);
 	else
 		pte_clear(&init_mm, vaddr, pte);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
index 97c271b2910b3266b4aaafa53385dfd8148bf374..702f2699c6df315b24de2e4efd0db6b4a023518c 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
                               unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot);
 #endif
 
+/* Install a pte for a particular vaddr in kernel space. */
+void set_pte_vaddr(unsigned long vaddr, pte_t pte);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 #else  /* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT */