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);