diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index d3ce8f3..cd49e28 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 0d12fba..1a96cc8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
  *
  * Must be called with pagetable lock held.
  */
-void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			    unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			    unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling)
 {
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@
 		return;
 
 	start = addr;
-	pgd = pgd_offset((*tlb)->mm, addr);
+	pgd = pgd_offset(tlb->mm, addr);
 	do {
-		BUG_ON(get_slice_psize((*tlb)->mm, addr) != mmu_huge_psize);
+		BUG_ON(get_slice_psize(tlb->mm, addr) != mmu_huge_psize);
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
 			continue;
-		hugetlb_free_pud_range(*tlb, pgd, addr, next, floor, ceiling);
+		hugetlb_free_pud_range(tlb, pgd, addr, next, floor, ceiling);
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index fd92343..190ed1f 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * when the old and new regions overlap clear from new_end.
 		 */
-		free_pgd_range(&tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
+		free_pgd_range(tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
 			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 		 * have constraints on va-space that make this illegal (IA64) -
 		 * for the others its just a little faster.
 		 */
-		free_pgd_range(&tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
+		free_pgd_range(tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
 			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
 	}
 	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, new_end, old_end);
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-ia64/hugetlb.h
index f28a970..e9d1e5e 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/hugetlb.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
 
-void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb, unsigned long addr,
+void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long end, unsigned long floor,
 			    unsigned long ceiling);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-powerpc/hugetlb.h
index be32ff0..0a37aa5 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/hugetlb.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			   unsigned long len);
 
-void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb, unsigned long addr,
+void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long end, unsigned long floor,
 			    unsigned long ceiling);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-sh/hugetlb.h
index 02402303..fb30018 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/hugetlb.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static inline void hugetlb_prefault_arch_hook(struct mm_struct *mm) {
 }
 
-static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 					  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 					  unsigned long floor,
 					  unsigned long ceiling)
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-sparc/hugetlb.h
index 412af58..aeb9237 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/hugetlb.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 					  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 					  unsigned long floor,
 					  unsigned long ceiling)
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-x86/hugetlb.h
index 14171a4..7eed6e0 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/hugetlb.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static inline void hugetlb_prefault_arch_hook(struct mm_struct *mm) {
 }
 
-static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+static inline void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 					  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 					  unsigned long floor,
 					  unsigned long ceiling)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5c7f8f6..f807109 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -769,10 +769,8 @@
 
 int walk_page_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		struct mm_walk *walk);
-void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb, unsigned long addr,
+void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling);
-void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather **tlb, struct vm_area_struct *start_vma,
-		unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling);
 int copy_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 50807e1..858ad01 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
+void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *start_vma,
+		unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling);
+
 static inline void set_page_count(struct page *page, int v)
 {
 	atomic_set(&page->_count, v);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 8735032..82f3f1c 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 /* use the per-pgdat data instead for discontigmem - mbligh */
 unsigned long max_mapnr;
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@
  *
  * Must be called with pagetable lock held.
  */
-void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
+void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling)
 {
@@ -262,16 +264,16 @@
 		return;
 
 	start = addr;
-	pgd = pgd_offset((*tlb)->mm, addr);
+	pgd = pgd_offset(tlb->mm, addr);
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
 			continue;
-		free_pud_range(*tlb, pgd, addr, next, floor, ceiling);
+		free_pud_range(tlb, pgd, addr, next, floor, ceiling);
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
-void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather **tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling)
 {
 	while (vma) {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 1d102b9..75e0d06 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #ifndef arch_mmap_check
 #define arch_mmap_check(addr, len, flags)	(0)
 #endif
@@ -1763,7 +1765,7 @@
 	update_hiwater_rss(mm);
 	unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, start, end, &nr_accounted, NULL);
 	vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
-	free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, prev? prev->vm_end: FIRST_USER_ADDRESS,
+	free_pgtables(tlb, vma, prev? prev->vm_end: FIRST_USER_ADDRESS,
 				 next? next->vm_start: 0);
 	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, start, end);
 }
@@ -2063,7 +2065,7 @@
 	/* Use -1 here to ensure all VMAs in the mm are unmapped */
 	end = unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, 0, -1, &nr_accounted, NULL);
 	vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
-	free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, 0);
+	free_pgtables(tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, 0);
 	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, 0, end);
 
 	/*