diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index e8545dc..dbe16f6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -745,6 +745,8 @@
 
 void __init pgtable_cache_init(void)
 {
+	size_t pgd_size = PTRS_PER_PGD*sizeof(pgd_t);
+
 	if (PTRS_PER_PMD > 1) {
 		pmd_cache = kmem_cache_create("pmd",
 					PTRS_PER_PMD*sizeof(pmd_t),
@@ -754,13 +756,23 @@
 					NULL);
 		if (!pmd_cache)
 			panic("pgtable_cache_init(): cannot create pmd cache");
+
+		if (!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) {
+			/* If we're in PAE mode and have a non-shared
+			   kernel pmd, then the pgd size must be a
+			   page size.  This is because the pgd_list
+			   links through the page structure, so there
+			   can only be one pgd per page for this to
+			   work. */
+			pgd_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
 	}
 	pgd_cache = kmem_cache_create("pgd",
-				PTRS_PER_PGD*sizeof(pgd_t),
-				PTRS_PER_PGD*sizeof(pgd_t),
+				pgd_size,
+				pgd_size,
 				0,
 				pgd_ctor,
-				PTRS_PER_PMD == 1 ? pgd_dtor : NULL);
+				(!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) ? pgd_dtor : NULL);
 	if (!pgd_cache)
 		panic("pgtable_cache_init(): Cannot create pgd cache");
 }