diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index fb68e7764ba28a312a1e8b8f40e4bbb343f28c73..ef15664c6b6cd09609cb97feeb565fc552e7cc11 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -608,38 +608,57 @@ pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
 	return pgd;
 }
 
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_populate_address(unsigned long addr, int node,
+					      struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = start;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
+	pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node);
+	if (!pgd)
+		return NULL;
+	p4d = vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd, addr, node);
+	if (!p4d)
+		return NULL;
+	pud = vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d, addr, node);
+	if (!pud)
+		return NULL;
+	pmd = vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud, addr, node);
+	if (!pmd)
+		return NULL;
+	pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, altmap);
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	return pte;
+}
+
+static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_range(unsigned long start,
+					    unsigned long end, int node,
+					    struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+{
+	unsigned long addr = start;
+	pte_t *pte;
+
 	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node);
-		if (!pgd)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		p4d = vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd, addr, node);
-		if (!p4d)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		pud = vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d, addr, node);
-		if (!pud)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		pmd = vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud, addr, node);
-		if (!pmd)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, altmap);
+		pte = vmemmap_populate_address(addr, node, altmap);
 		if (!pte)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+{
+	return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, altmap);
+}
+
 struct page * __meminit __populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
 		struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)