diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8d71ad8..84f2c59 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4300,25 +4300,24 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
 
-/* Return a sensible default order for the pageblock size. */
-static inline int pageblock_default_order(void)
-{
-	if (HPAGE_SHIFT > PAGE_SHIFT)
-		return HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER;
-
-	return MAX_ORDER-1;
-}
-
 /* Initialise the number of pages represented by NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS */
-static inline void __init set_pageblock_order(unsigned int order)
+static inline void __init set_pageblock_order(void)
 {
+	unsigned int order;
+
 	/* Check that pageblock_nr_pages has not already been setup */
 	if (pageblock_order)
 		return;
 
+	if (HPAGE_SHIFT > PAGE_SHIFT)
+		order = HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER;
+	else
+		order = MAX_ORDER - 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Assume the largest contiguous order of interest is a huge page.
-	 * This value may be variable depending on boot parameters on IA64
+	 * This value may be variable depending on boot parameters on IA64 and
+	 * powerpc.
 	 */
 	pageblock_order = order;
 }
@@ -4326,15 +4325,13 @@
 
 /*
  * When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE is not set, set_pageblock_order()
- * and pageblock_default_order() are unused as pageblock_order is set
- * at compile-time. See include/linux/pageblock-flags.h for the values of
- * pageblock_order based on the kernel config
+ * is unused as pageblock_order is set at compile-time. See
+ * include/linux/pageblock-flags.h for the values of pageblock_order based on
+ * the kernel config
  */
-static inline int pageblock_default_order(unsigned int order)
+static inline void set_pageblock_order(void)
 {
-	return MAX_ORDER-1;
 }
-#define set_pageblock_order(x)	do {} while (0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
 
@@ -4422,7 +4419,7 @@
 		if (!size)
 			continue;
 
-		set_pageblock_order(pageblock_default_order());
+		set_pageblock_order();
 		setup_usemap(pgdat, zone, size);
 		ret = init_currently_empty_zone(zone, zone_start_pfn,
 						size, MEMMAP_EARLY);