diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 098975861523..b23efff80137 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 #include <asm/dma.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
-/*
- * Flags for vmemmap_populate_range and friends.
- */
-/* Vmemmap population for ZONE_DEVICE compound pages */
-#define VMEMMAP_POPULATE_DAX		0x0001
-
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "mm_init.h"
 #include "sparse.h"
@@ -241,7 +235,7 @@ struct page __ref *vmemmap_shared_tail_page(unsigned int order, struct zone *zon
 #endif
 
 static __meminit void *vmemmap_alloc_pte(unsigned long pfn, int node,
-		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, unsigned long flags)
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -251,7 +245,7 @@ static __meminit void *vmemmap_alloc_pte(unsigned long pfn, int node,
 	 * Device DAX still relies on vmemmap_populate_compound_pages() for
 	 * head/first-tail allocation and tail-page reuse.
 	 */
-	if (!vmemmap_optimizable_pfn(pfn) || flags & VMEMMAP_POPULATE_DAX)
+	if (!vmemmap_optimizable_pfn(pfn))
 		return vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap);
 
 	zone = pfn_to_zone(pfn, node);
@@ -263,8 +257,7 @@ static __meminit void *vmemmap_alloc_pte(unsigned long pfn, int node,
 }
 
 static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
-				       struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
-				       unsigned long ptpfn, unsigned long flags)
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, unsigned long ptpfn)
 {
 	pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
 	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr);
@@ -273,7 +266,7 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in
 		pte_t entry;
 
 		if (ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) {
-			void *p = vmemmap_alloc_pte(pfn, node, altmap, flags);
+			void *p = vmemmap_alloc_pte(pfn, node, altmap);
 
 			if (!p)
 				return NULL;
@@ -291,7 +284,7 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in
 			 * Use try_get_page() to prevent the shared page refcount
 			 * from overflowing.
 			 */
-			if ((flags & VMEMMAP_POPULATE_DAX) &&
+			if (slab_is_available() &&
 			    !try_get_page(pfn_to_page(ptpfn)))
 				return NULL;
 		}
@@ -355,8 +348,7 @@ static pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
 
 static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_populate_address(unsigned long addr, int node,
 					      struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
-					      unsigned long ptpfn,
-					      unsigned long flags)
+					      unsigned long ptpfn)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	p4d_t *p4d;
@@ -376,7 +368,7 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_populate_address(unsigned long addr, int node,
 	pmd = vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud, addr, node);
 	if (!pmd)
 		return NULL;
-	pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, altmap, ptpfn, flags);
+	pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, altmap, ptpfn);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -387,15 +379,14 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_populate_address(unsigned long addr, int node,
 static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_range(unsigned long start,
 					    unsigned long end, int node,
 					    struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
-					    unsigned long ptpfn,
-					    unsigned long flags)
+					    unsigned long ptpfn)
 {
 	unsigned long addr = start;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pte = vmemmap_populate_address(addr, node, altmap,
-					       ptpfn, flags);
+					       ptpfn);
 		if (!pte)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -406,7 +397,7 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_range(unsigned long start,
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
-	return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, altmap, -1, 0);
+	return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, altmap, -1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -532,7 +523,6 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 						     unsigned long end, int node,
 						     struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
-	const unsigned long flags = VMEMMAP_POPULATE_DAX;
 	const unsigned int order = pfn_to_section_compound_order(start_pfn);
 	unsigned long size, addr;
 	pte_t *pte;
@@ -545,14 +535,14 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 
 	if (reuse_compound_section(start_pfn, pgmap))
 		return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, NULL,
-					      page_to_pfn(page), flags);
+					      page_to_pfn(page));
 
 	size = min(end - start, (1UL << order) * sizeof(struct page));
 	for (addr = start; addr < end; addr += size) {
 		unsigned long next, last = addr + size;
 
 		/* Populate the head page vmemmap page */
-		pte = vmemmap_populate_address(addr, node, NULL, -1, flags);
+		pte = vmemmap_populate_address(addr, node, NULL, -1);
 		if (!pte)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -562,7 +552,7 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		 */
 		next = addr + PAGE_SIZE;
 		rc = vmemmap_populate_range(next, last, node, NULL,
-					    page_to_pfn(page), flags);
+					    page_to_pfn(page));
 		if (rc)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}