diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 14c38ae80409..fcf8e290740a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static int populate_pud(struct cpa_data *cpa, unsigned long start, pgd_t *pgd,
 	/*
 	 * Map everything starting from the Gb boundary, possibly with 1G pages
 	 */
-	while (end - start >= PUD_SIZE) {
+	while (cpu_has_gbpages && end - start >= PUD_SIZE) {
 		set_pud(pud, __pud(cpa->pfn << PAGE_SHIFT | _PAGE_PSE |
 				   massage_pgprot(pud_pgprot)));