diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 802b082..f80f5e2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 	bool
 	default n
 
+config HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
+	bool
+	depends on HUGETLB_PAGE
+	default y
+
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index a9ff685..d3ce8f3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@
 	 * override here with new page shift.
 	 */
 	ia64_set_rr(HPAGE_REGION_BASE, hpage_shift << 2);
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
-__setup("hugepagesz=", hugetlb_setup_sz);
+early_param("hugepagesz", hugetlb_setup_sz);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index fef08c6..87a4045 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 	/*
-	 * Flags for a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block. See pageblock-flags.h.
+	 * Flags for a pageblock_nr_pages block. See pageblock-flags.h.
 	 * In SPARSEMEM, this map is stored in struct mem_section
 	 */
 	unsigned long		*pageblock_flags;
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 #define PAGE_SECTION_MASK	(~(PAGES_PER_SECTION-1))
 
 #define SECTION_BLOCKFLAGS_BITS \
-		((1 << (PFN_SECTION_SHIFT - (MAX_ORDER-1))) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS)
+	((1UL << (PFN_SECTION_SHIFT - pageblock_order)) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS)
 
 #if (MAX_ORDER - 1 + PAGE_SHIFT) > SECTION_SIZE_BITS
 #error Allocator MAX_ORDER exceeds SECTION_SIZE
diff --git a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
index 5456da6..9ea1308 100644
--- a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Macros for manipulating and testing flags related to a
- * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block of pages.
+ * pageblock_nr_pages number of pages.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -35,6 +35,29 @@
 	NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
+
+/* Huge page sizes are variable */
+extern int pageblock_order;
+
+#else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
+
+/* Huge pages are a constant size */
+#define pageblock_order		HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
+
+#else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
+
+/* If huge pages are not used, group by MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES */
+#define pageblock_order		(MAX_ORDER-1)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
+
+#define pageblock_nr_pages	(1UL << pageblock_order)
+
 /* Forward declaration */
 struct page;
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 942498f..b9bc736 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
 long nr_swap_pages;
 int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
+int pageblock_order __read_mostly;
+#endif
+
 static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
 
 /*
@@ -709,7 +713,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Move the free pages in a range to the free lists of the requested type.
- * Note that start_page and end_pages are not aligned in a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES
+ * Note that start_page and end_pages are not aligned on a pageblock
  * boundary. If alignment is required, use move_freepages_block()
  */
 int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
@@ -759,10 +763,10 @@
 	struct page *start_page, *end_page;
 
 	start_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	start_pfn = start_pfn & ~(MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES-1);
+	start_pfn = start_pfn & ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
 	start_page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
-	end_page = start_page + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1;
-	end_pfn = start_pfn + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1;
+	end_page = start_page + pageblock_nr_pages - 1;
+	end_pfn = start_pfn + pageblock_nr_pages - 1;
 
 	/* Do not cross zone boundaries */
 	if (start_pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn)
@@ -826,14 +830,14 @@
 			 * back for a reclaimable kernel allocation, be more
 			 * agressive about taking ownership of free pages
 			 */
-			if (unlikely(current_order >= MAX_ORDER / 2) ||
+			if (unlikely(current_order >= (pageblock_order >> 1)) ||
 					start_migratetype == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE) {
 				unsigned long pages;
 				pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page,
 								start_migratetype);
 
 				/* Claim the whole block if over half of it is free */
-				if (pages >= (1 << (MAX_ORDER-2)))
+				if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)))
 					set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
 								start_migratetype);
 
@@ -846,7 +850,7 @@
 			__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES,
 							-(1UL << order));
 
-			if (current_order == MAX_ORDER - 1)
+			if (current_order == pageblock_order)
 				set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
 							start_migratetype);
 
@@ -2385,7 +2389,7 @@
 	 * made on memory-hotadd so a system can start with mobility
 	 * disabled and enable it later
 	 */
-	if (vm_total_pages < (MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES * MIGRATE_TYPES))
+	if (vm_total_pages < (pageblock_nr_pages * MIGRATE_TYPES))
 		page_group_by_mobility_disabled = 1;
 	else
 		page_group_by_mobility_disabled = 0;
@@ -2470,7 +2474,7 @@
 #define LONG_ALIGN(x) (((x)+(sizeof(long))-1)&~((sizeof(long))-1))
 
 /*
- * Mark a number of MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES blocks as MIGRATE_RESERVE. The number
+ * Mark a number of pageblocks as MIGRATE_RESERVE. The number
  * of blocks reserved is based on zone->pages_min. The memory within the
  * reserve will tend to store contiguous free pages. Setting min_free_kbytes
  * higher will lead to a bigger reserve which will get freed as contiguous
@@ -2485,9 +2489,10 @@
 	/* Get the start pfn, end pfn and the number of blocks to reserve */
 	start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
 	end_pfn = start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
-	reserve = roundup(zone->pages_min, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) >> (MAX_ORDER-1);
+	reserve = roundup(zone->pages_min, pageblock_nr_pages) >>
+							pageblock_order;
 
-	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) {
+	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
@@ -2562,7 +2567,7 @@
 		 * the start are marked MIGRATE_RESERVE by
 		 * setup_zone_migrate_reserve()
 		 */
-		if ((pfn & (MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES-1)))
+		if ((pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages-1)))
 			set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
@@ -3266,8 +3271,8 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 /*
  * Calculate the size of the zone->blockflags rounded to an unsigned long
- * Start by making sure zonesize is a multiple of MAX_ORDER-1 by rounding up
- * Then figure 1 NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS worth of bits per MAX_ORDER-1, finally
+ * Start by making sure zonesize is a multiple of pageblock_order by rounding
+ * up. Then use 1 NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS worth of bits per pageblock, finally
  * round what is now in bits to nearest long in bits, then return it in
  * bytes.
  */
@@ -3275,8 +3280,8 @@
 {
 	unsigned long usemapsize;
 
-	usemapsize = roundup(zonesize, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
-	usemapsize = usemapsize >> (MAX_ORDER-1);
+	usemapsize = roundup(zonesize, pageblock_nr_pages);
+	usemapsize = usemapsize >> pageblock_order;
 	usemapsize *= NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
 	usemapsize = roundup(usemapsize, 8 * sizeof(unsigned long));
 
@@ -3298,6 +3303,27 @@
 				struct zone *zone, unsigned long zonesize) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
+/* Initialise the number of pages represented by NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS */
+static inline void __init set_pageblock_order(unsigned int order)
+{
+	/* Check that pageblock_nr_pages has not already been setup */
+	if (pageblock_order)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Assume the largest contiguous order of interest is a huge page.
+	 * This value may be variable depending on boot parameters on IA64
+	 */
+	pageblock_order = order;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
+
+/* Defined this way to avoid accidently referencing HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER */
+#define set_pageblock_order(x)	do {} while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
+
 /*
  * Set up the zone data structures:
  *   - mark all pages reserved
@@ -3378,6 +3404,7 @@
 		if (!size)
 			continue;
 
+		set_pageblock_order(HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
 		setup_usemap(pgdat, zone, size);
 		ret = init_currently_empty_zone(zone, zone_start_pfn,
 						size, MEMMAP_EARLY);
@@ -4375,15 +4402,15 @@
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 	pfn &= (PAGES_PER_SECTION-1);
-	return (pfn >> (MAX_ORDER-1)) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
+	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
 #else
 	pfn = pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn;
-	return (pfn >> (MAX_ORDER-1)) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
+	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 }
 
 /**
- * get_pageblock_flags_group - Return the requested group of flags for the MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block of pages
+ * get_pageblock_flags_group - Return the requested group of flags for the pageblock_nr_pages block of pages
  * @page: The page within the block of interest
  * @start_bitidx: The first bit of interest to retrieve
  * @end_bitidx: The last bit of interest
@@ -4411,7 +4438,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * set_pageblock_flags_group - Set the requested group of flags for a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block of pages
+ * set_pageblock_flags_group - Set the requested group of flags for a pageblock_nr_pages block of pages
  * @page: The page within the block of interest
  * @start_bitidx: The first bit of interest
  * @end_bitidx: The last bit of interest