diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index abe6df15a8fb..30f9cb2c0b55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -512,11 +512,18 @@ ENTRY(initial_code)
 ENTRY(setup_once_ref)
 	.long setup_once
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
+#define	PGD_ALIGN	(2 * PAGE_SIZE)
+#define PTI_USER_PGD_FILL	1024
+#else
+#define	PGD_ALIGN	(PAGE_SIZE)
+#define PTI_USER_PGD_FILL	0
+#endif
 /*
  * BSS section
  */
 __PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS
-	.align PAGE_SIZE
+	.align PGD_ALIGN
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 .globl initial_pg_pmd
 initial_pg_pmd:
@@ -526,14 +533,17 @@ initial_pg_pmd:
 initial_page_table:
 	.fill 1024,4,0
 #endif
+	.align PGD_ALIGN
 initial_pg_fixmap:
 	.fill 1024,4,0
+.globl swapper_pg_dir
+	.align PGD_ALIGN
+swapper_pg_dir:
+	.fill 1024,4,0
+	.fill PTI_USER_PGD_FILL,4,0
 .globl empty_zero_page
 empty_zero_page:
 	.fill 4096,1,0
-.globl swapper_pg_dir
-swapper_pg_dir:
-	.fill 1024,4,0
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page)
 
 /*
@@ -542,7 +552,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 __PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA
 	/* Page-aligned for the benefit of paravirt? */
-	.align PAGE_SIZE
+	.align PGD_ALIGN
 ENTRY(initial_page_table)
 	.long	pa(initial_pg_pmd+PGD_IDENT_ATTR),0	/* low identity map */
 # if KPMDS == 3
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 47b5951e592b..db6fb7740bf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ static inline pgd_t *_pgd_alloc(void)
 	 * We allocate one page for pgd.
 	 */
 	if (!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD)
-		return (pgd_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
+		return (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(PGALLOC_GFP,
+						 PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now PAE kernel is not running as a Xen domain. We can allocate
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ static inline pgd_t *_pgd_alloc(void)
 static inline void _pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
 	if (!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD)
-		free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
+		free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER);
 	else
 		kmem_cache_free(pgd_cache, pgd);
 }