diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
index 313f3dd23cdc955f56af3fb581aa0e398d3a0f21..f9924fbcfe42b8f279d83758e4fc987cb32da409 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		__free_page(page);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	pte = kmap(page);
 	if (pte) {
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
index 2f02f264e6944dd7fd11d8d4ffe0e10244fe1f60..24bcba496c7505e94d5c45512c399e773106b029 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
@@ -29,18 +29,22 @@ static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	struct page *page;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if(!page)
 		return NULL;
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		__free_page(page);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	pte = kmap(page);
 	__flush_page_to_ram(pte);
 	flush_tlb_kernel_page(pte);
 	nocache_page(pte);
 	kunmap(page);
-	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
 	return page;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
index 48d80d5a666f80b64d5b62e318197b1752e29733..f868506e3350b0075799a30cc0e42206e7e21212 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		return NULL;
 
 	clear_highpage(page);
-	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
+	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
+		__free_page(page);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return page;
 
 }