diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 7e408bf..cecbe00 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, start);
 	pud_clear(pud);
 	pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, start);
+	mm_dec_nr_pmds(tlb->mm);
 }
 
 static void hugetlb_free_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgd_t *pgd,