diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 4e999c21d89a..d7e53532a109 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4481,8 +4481,6 @@ int vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 		struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 int vmemmap_populate_hvo(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 			 unsigned long headsize);
-int vmemmap_undo_hvo(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-		     unsigned long headsize);
 void vmemmap_wrprotect_hvo(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 			  unsigned long headsize);
 void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index a9280259e12a..935ec5829be9 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init_early(int nid)
 {
 	unsigned long psize, paddr, section_size;
 	unsigned long ns, i, pnum, pfn, nr_pages;
-	unsigned long start, end;
 	struct huge_bootmem_page *m = NULL;
 	void *map;
 
@@ -808,14 +807,6 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init_early(int nid)
 		paddr = virt_to_phys(m);
 		pfn = PHYS_PFN(paddr);
 		map = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-		start = (unsigned long)map;
-		end = start + nr_pages * sizeof(struct page);
-
-		if (vmemmap_populate_hvo(start, end, nid,
-					HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE) < 0)
-			continue;
-
-		memmap_boot_pages_add(HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE);
 
 		pnum = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
 		ns = psize / section_size;
@@ -850,28 +841,36 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init_late(int nid)
 		h = m->hstate;
 		pfn = PHYS_PFN(phys);
 		nr_pages = pages_per_huge_page(h);
+		map = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+		start = (unsigned long)map;
+		end = start + nr_pages * sizeof(struct page);
 
 		if (!hugetlb_bootmem_page_zones_valid(nid, m)) {
 			/*
 			 * Oops, the hugetlb page spans multiple zones.
-			 * Remove it from the list, and undo HVO.
+			 * Remove it from the list, and populate it normally.
 			 */
 			list_del(&m->list);
 
-			map = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-
-			start = (unsigned long)map;
-			end = start + nr_pages * sizeof(struct page);
-
-			vmemmap_undo_hvo(start, end, nid,
-					 HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE);
-			nr_mmap = end - start - HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE;
+			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL);
+			nr_mmap = end - start;
 			memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_mmap, PAGE_SIZE));
 
 			memblock_phys_free(phys, huge_page_size(h));
 			continue;
-		} else
+		}
+
+		if (vmemmap_populate_hvo(start, end, nid,
+					 HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE) < 0) {
+			/* Fallback if HVO population fails */
+			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL);
+			nr_mmap = end - start;
+		} else {
 			m->flags |= HUGE_BOOTMEM_ZONES_VALID;
+			nr_mmap = HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE;
+		}
+
+		memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_mmap, PAGE_SIZE));
 	}
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 37522d6cb398..032a81450838 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -302,59 +302,6 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, altmap, -1, 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Undo populate_hvo, and replace it with a normal base page mapping.
- * Used in memory init in case a HVO mapping needs to be undone.
- *
- * This can happen when it is discovered that a memblock allocated
- * hugetlb page spans multiple zones, which can only be verified
- * after zones have been initialized.
- *
- * We know that:
- * 1) The first @headsize / PAGE_SIZE vmemmap pages were individually
- *    allocated through memblock, and mapped.
- *
- * 2) The rest of the vmemmap pages are mirrors of the last head page.
- */
-int __meminit vmemmap_undo_hvo(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-				      int node, unsigned long headsize)
-{
-	unsigned long maddr, pfn;
-	pte_t *pte;
-	int headpages;
-
-	/*
-	 * Should only be called early in boot, so nothing will
-	 * be accessing these page structures.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON(!early_boot_irqs_disabled);
-
-	headpages = headsize >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	/*
-	 * Clear mirrored mappings for tail page structs.
-	 */
-	for (maddr = addr + headsize; maddr < end; maddr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		pte = virt_to_kpte(maddr);
-		pte_clear(&init_mm, maddr, pte);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Clear and free mappings for head page and first tail page
-	 * structs.
-	 */
-	for (maddr = addr; headpages-- > 0; maddr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		pte = virt_to_kpte(maddr);
-		pfn = pte_pfn(ptep_get(pte));
-		pte_clear(&init_mm, maddr, pte);
-		memblock_phys_free(PFN_PHYS(pfn), PAGE_SIZE);
-	}
-
-	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, end);
-
-	return vmemmap_populate(addr, end, node, NULL);
-}
-
 /*
  * Write protect the mirrored tail page structs for HVO. This will be
  * called from the hugetlb code when gathering and initializing the