diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index f855a2442c97..5b4c25d12ff3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <linux/libfdt.h>
+#include <linux/memremap.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -192,13 +193,17 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 	pr_debug("vmemmap_populate %lx..%lx, node %d\n", start, end, node);
 
 	for (; start < end; start += page_size) {
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
 		void *p;
 		int rc;
 
 		if (vmemmap_populated(start, page_size))
 			continue;
 
-		p = vmemmap_alloc_block(page_size, node);
+		/* altmap lookups only work at section boundaries */
+		altmap = to_vmem_altmap(SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(start));
+
+		p =  __vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(page_size, node, altmap);
 		if (!p)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -263,6 +268,8 @@ void __ref vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 	for (; start < end; start += page_size) {
 		unsigned long nr_pages, addr;
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
+		struct page *section_base;
 		struct page *page;
 
 		/*
@@ -278,9 +285,13 @@ void __ref vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 			continue;
 
 		page = pfn_to_page(addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		section_base = pfn_to_page(vmemmap_section_start(start));
 		nr_pages = 1 << page_order;
 
-		if (PageReserved(page)) {
+		altmap = to_vmem_altmap((unsigned long) section_base);
+		if (altmap) {
+			vmem_altmap_free(altmap, nr_pages);
+		} else if (PageReserved(page)) {
 			/* allocated from bootmem */
 			if (page_size < PAGE_SIZE) {
 				/*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 04f4c9852791..6f71d259de68 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/memremap.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
@@ -159,11 +160,20 @@ int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct zone *zone;
+	struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
+	struct page *page;
 	int ret;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	/*
+	 * If we have an altmap then we need to skip over any reserved PFNs
+	 * when querying the zone.
+	 */
+	page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
+	altmap = to_vmem_altmap((unsigned long) page);
+	if (altmap)
+		page += vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
+
+	ret = __remove_pages(page_zone(page), start_pfn, nr_pages);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;