diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 9ca14227eeb7fc1c11b051896134755fd1fc0b50..3fcef21ff2c2e102bfc1b63bc2c49b4033739434 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
-					 unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
-	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void arch_clear_hugepage_flags(struct page *page)
 {
 	clear_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 1fd64ebf0cd71fad09d6ed45c0eb0e4ff44a9184..3e7f6e69b28deb1a13be71e5f0eb1f36d3da6969 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -31,17 +31,6 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
-					 unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
-	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void arch_clear_hugepage_flags(struct page *page)
 {
 	clear_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 82fe3d7a38d959f7a310b3a5ef37712bf13d7439..cbe296271030eef7b69b331287368f3d60a1b5a7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long end, unsigned long floor,
 			    unsigned long ceiling);
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
 int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index b3d6bb53ee6ee567c0cd77b3356d6148e12b5a92..6ff2531cfb1dd5f8e34c0c1a38a81684283d0c10 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
 static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 					 unsigned long addr,
 					 unsigned long len)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 5a102d7251e4c78f3058c0d3fdbe76487f70edfb..fb7e0fd858a37ff50364602f61533f191a4f8b0c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
  * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
  */
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
 static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index b5b57b30956454027a1b7761f47c4c76cbbfecee..2a90f387880a4dd39a000418fd92fd17931eed62 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -114,21 +114,6 @@ void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long end, unsigned long floor,
 			    unsigned long ceiling);
 
-/*
- * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
- * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
- */
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
-			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
-	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_GET_AND_CLEAR
 static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					    unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 54f65094efe6a39391373c137380321c683c4679..f1bbd255ee4386745a5ab160f4038b15c7c334c2 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
  * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
  */
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
 static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index f661362376e0c6a2bd84dfdea8e2f59d5fc1714d..2101ea217f33f1887cfd97268eca8f61a729eb00 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -26,22 +26,6 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
- * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
- */
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
-			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
-
-	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
 static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 3cd3a2c9840ec84fc09b17b87b254223335655ff..59c056adb3c933580e041a8b01a93864a3c6c1e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * If the arch doesn't supply something else, assume that hugepage
- * size aligned regions are ok without further preparation.
- */
-static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
-			unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
-	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					   unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
index cd9697672b796394c02777f381faecaf8c5e2a40..6c0c8b0c71e0a920eb564b1113d43146ed315625 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
@@ -87,4 +87,19 @@ static inline pte_t huge_pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PREPARE_HUGEPAGE_RANGE
+static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
+		unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
+{
+	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
+
+	if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (addr & ~huge_page_mask(h))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_H */