diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
index d1ab07ec8c9aca..5409c2800ab50b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void load_segments(void)
 
 static void machine_kexec_free_page_tables(struct kimage *image)
 {
-	free_page((unsigned long)image->arch.pgd);
+	free_pages((unsigned long)image->arch.pgd, PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER);
 	image->arch.pgd = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 	free_page((unsigned long)image->arch.pmd0);
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static void machine_kexec_free_page_tables(struct kimage *image)
 
 static int machine_kexec_alloc_page_tables(struct kimage *image)
 {
-	image->arch.pgd = (pgd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	image->arch.pgd = (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+						    PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 	image->arch.pmd0 = (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	image->arch.pmd1 = (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);