diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 58faeaa7fbdc..b25d5cbe4db1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
@@ -62,15 +63,18 @@ pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_mem_access_prot);
 
-static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
+static void __init *early_pgtable_alloc(void)
 {
 	phys_addr_t phys;
 	void *ptr;
 
-	phys = memblock_alloc(sz, sz);
+	phys = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 	BUG_ON(!phys);
 	ptr = __va(phys);
-	memset(ptr, 0, sz);
+	memset(ptr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	/* Ensure the zeroed page is visible to the page table walker */
+	dsb(ishst);
 	return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -95,12 +99,12 @@ static void split_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
 static void alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 				  unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn,
 				  pgprot_t prot,
-				  void *(*alloc)(unsigned long size))
+				  void *(*pgtable_alloc)(void))
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || pmd_sect(*pmd)) {
-		pte = alloc(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+		pte = pgtable_alloc();
 		if (pmd_sect(*pmd))
 			split_pmd(pmd, pte);
 		__pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(pte), PMD_TYPE_TABLE);
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ static void split_pud(pud_t *old_pud, pmd_t *pmd)
 static void alloc_init_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
 				  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 				  phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot,
-				  void *(*alloc)(unsigned long size))
+				  void *(*pgtable_alloc)(void))
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ static void alloc_init_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
 	 * Check for initial section mappings in the pgd/pud and remove them.
 	 */
 	if (pud_none(*pud) || pud_sect(*pud)) {
-		pmd = alloc(PTRS_PER_PMD * sizeof(pmd_t));
+		pmd = pgtable_alloc();
 		if (pud_sect(*pud)) {
 			/*
 			 * need to have the 1G of mappings continue to be
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ static void alloc_init_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
 			}
 		} else {
 			alloc_init_pte(pmd, addr, next, __phys_to_pfn(phys),
-				       prot, alloc);
+				       prot, pgtable_alloc);
 		}
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -195,13 +199,13 @@ static inline bool use_1G_block(unsigned long addr, unsigned long next,
 static void alloc_init_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 				  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 				  phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot,
-				  void *(*alloc)(unsigned long size))
+				  void *(*pgtable_alloc)(void))
 {
 	pud_t *pud;
 	unsigned long next;
 
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
-		pud = alloc(PTRS_PER_PUD * sizeof(pud_t));
+		pud = pgtable_alloc();
 		pgd_populate(mm, pgd, pud);
 	}
 	BUG_ON(pgd_bad(*pgd));
@@ -234,7 +238,8 @@ static void alloc_init_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			alloc_init_pmd(mm, pud, addr, next, phys, prot, alloc);
+			alloc_init_pmd(mm, pud, addr, next, phys, prot,
+				       pgtable_alloc);
 		}
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ static void alloc_init_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 static void  __create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 				    phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
 				    phys_addr_t size, pgprot_t prot,
-				    void *(*alloc)(unsigned long size))
+				    void *(*pgtable_alloc)(void))
 {
 	unsigned long addr, length, end, next;
 
@@ -265,18 +270,18 @@ static void  __create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 	end = addr + length;
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		alloc_init_pud(mm, pgd, addr, next, phys, prot, alloc);
+		alloc_init_pud(mm, pgd, addr, next, phys, prot, pgtable_alloc);
 		phys += next - addr;
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
-static void *late_alloc(unsigned long size)
+static void *late_pgtable_alloc(void)
 {
-	void *ptr;
-
-	BUG_ON(size > PAGE_SIZE);
-	ptr = (void *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
+	void *ptr = (void *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
 	BUG_ON(!ptr);
+
+	/* Ensure the zeroed page is visible to the page table walker */
+	dsb(ishst);
 	return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -289,7 +294,7 @@ static void __init create_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
 		return;
 	}
 	__create_mapping(&init_mm, pgd_offset_k(virt), phys, virt,
-			 size, prot, early_alloc);
+			 size, prot, early_pgtable_alloc);
 }
 
 void __init create_pgd_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, phys_addr_t phys,
@@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ void __init create_pgd_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, phys_addr_t phys,
 			       pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	__create_mapping(mm, pgd_offset(mm, virt), phys, virt, size, prot,
-				late_alloc);
+				late_pgtable_alloc);
 }
 
 static void create_mapping_late(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ static void create_mapping_late(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
 	}
 
 	return __create_mapping(&init_mm, pgd_offset_k(virt),
-				phys, virt, size, prot, late_alloc);
+				phys, virt, size, prot, late_pgtable_alloc);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
@@ -460,15 +465,12 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	fixup_executable();
 
 	/* allocate the zero page. */
-	zero_page = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+	zero_page = early_pgtable_alloc();
 
 	bootmem_init();
 
 	empty_zero_page = virt_to_page(zero_page);
 
-	/* Ensure the zero page is visible to the page table walker */
-	dsb(ishst);
-
 	/*
 	 * TTBR0 is only used for the identity mapping at this stage. Make it
 	 * point to zero page to avoid speculatively fetching new entries.