diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 821252b65f89..97f7ecddc5ed 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config RISCV
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION if HUGETLB_PAGE && MIGRATION
+	select ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK if PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 24b2b8044602..b7b70fb0cfac 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ static phys_addr_t __init alloc_pmd_late(uintptr_t va)
 	unsigned long vaddr;
 
 	vaddr = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-	BUG_ON(!vaddr);
+	BUG_ON(!vaddr || !pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(virt_to_page(vaddr)));
+
 	return __pa(vaddr);
 }