diff --git a/mm/percpu-vm.c b/mm/percpu-vm.c
index 29e3730d2ffd..12a48a88c0d8 100644
--- a/mm/percpu-vm.c
+++ b/mm/percpu-vm.c
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ static void pcpu_pre_unmap_flush(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
 				 int page_start, int page_end)
 {
 	flush_cache_vunmap(
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_first_unit_cpu, page_start),
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_last_unit_cpu, page_end));
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_low_unit_cpu, page_start),
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_high_unit_cpu, page_end));
 }
 
 static void __pcpu_unmap_pages(unsigned long addr, int nr_pages)
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ static void pcpu_post_unmap_tlb_flush(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
 				      int page_start, int page_end)
 {
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_first_unit_cpu, page_start),
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_last_unit_cpu, page_end));
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_low_unit_cpu, page_start),
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_high_unit_cpu, page_end));
 }
 
 static int __pcpu_map_pages(unsigned long addr, struct page **pages,
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ static void pcpu_post_map_flush(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
 				int page_start, int page_end)
 {
 	flush_cache_vmap(
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_first_unit_cpu, page_start),
-		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_last_unit_cpu, page_end));
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_low_unit_cpu, page_start),
+		pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, pcpu_high_unit_cpu, page_end));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 28c37a2e2de2..2473ff06dc76 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static int pcpu_atom_size __read_mostly;
 static int pcpu_nr_slots __read_mostly;
 static size_t pcpu_chunk_struct_size __read_mostly;
 
-/* cpus with the lowest and highest unit numbers */
-static unsigned int pcpu_first_unit_cpu __read_mostly;
-static unsigned int pcpu_last_unit_cpu __read_mostly;
+/* cpus with the lowest and highest unit addresses */
+static unsigned int pcpu_low_unit_cpu __read_mostly;
+static unsigned int pcpu_high_unit_cpu __read_mostly;
 
 /* the address of the first chunk which starts with the kernel static area */
 void *pcpu_base_addr __read_mostly;
@@ -985,19 +985,19 @@ phys_addr_t per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(void *addr)
 {
 	void __percpu *base = __addr_to_pcpu_ptr(pcpu_base_addr);
 	bool in_first_chunk = false;
-	unsigned long first_start, first_end;
+	unsigned long first_low, first_high;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
 	/*
-	 * The following test on first_start/end isn't strictly
+	 * The following test on unit_low/high isn't strictly
 	 * necessary but will speed up lookups of addresses which
 	 * aren't in the first chunk.
 	 */
-	first_start = pcpu_chunk_addr(pcpu_first_chunk, pcpu_first_unit_cpu, 0);
-	first_end = pcpu_chunk_addr(pcpu_first_chunk, pcpu_last_unit_cpu,
-				    pcpu_unit_pages);
-	if ((unsigned long)addr >= first_start &&
-	    (unsigned long)addr < first_end) {
+	first_low = pcpu_chunk_addr(pcpu_first_chunk, pcpu_low_unit_cpu, 0);
+	first_high = pcpu_chunk_addr(pcpu_first_chunk, pcpu_high_unit_cpu,
+				     pcpu_unit_pages);
+	if ((unsigned long)addr >= first_low &&
+	    (unsigned long)addr < first_high) {
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 			void *start = per_cpu_ptr(base, cpu);
 
@@ -1234,7 +1234,9 @@ int __init pcpu_setup_first_chunk(const struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai,
 
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpu_ids; cpu++)
 		unit_map[cpu] = UINT_MAX;
-	pcpu_first_unit_cpu = NR_CPUS;
+
+	pcpu_low_unit_cpu = NR_CPUS;
+	pcpu_high_unit_cpu = NR_CPUS;
 
 	for (group = 0, unit = 0; group < ai->nr_groups; group++, unit += i) {
 		const struct pcpu_group_info *gi = &ai->groups[group];
@@ -1254,9 +1256,13 @@ int __init pcpu_setup_first_chunk(const struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai,
 			unit_map[cpu] = unit + i;
 			unit_off[cpu] = gi->base_offset + i * ai->unit_size;
 
-			if (pcpu_first_unit_cpu == NR_CPUS)
-				pcpu_first_unit_cpu = cpu;
-			pcpu_last_unit_cpu = cpu;
+			/* determine low/high unit_cpu */
+			if (pcpu_low_unit_cpu == NR_CPUS ||
+			    unit_off[cpu] < unit_off[pcpu_low_unit_cpu])
+				pcpu_low_unit_cpu = cpu;
+			if (pcpu_high_unit_cpu == NR_CPUS ||
+			    unit_off[cpu] > unit_off[pcpu_high_unit_cpu])
+				pcpu_high_unit_cpu = cpu;
 		}
 	}
 	pcpu_nr_units = unit;