diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index fd42321..96ca656 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1627,16 +1627,100 @@ static unsigned long  __init deferred_init_pages(struct zone *zone,
 	return (nr_pages);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function is meant to pre-load the iterator for the zone init.
+ * Specifically it walks through the ranges until we are caught up to the
+ * first_init_pfn value and exits there. If we never encounter the value we
+ * return false indicating there are no valid ranges left.
+ */
+static bool __init
+deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(u64 *i, struct zone *zone,
+				    unsigned long *spfn, unsigned long *epfn,
+				    unsigned long first_init_pfn)
+{
+	u64 j;
+
+	/*
+	 * Start out by walking through the ranges in this zone that have
+	 * already been initialized. We don't need to do anything with them
+	 * so we just need to flush them out of the system.
+	 */
+	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(j, zone, spfn, epfn) {
+		if (*epfn <= first_init_pfn)
+			continue;
+		if (*spfn < first_init_pfn)
+			*spfn = first_init_pfn;
+		*i = j;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize and free pages. We do it in two loops: first we initialize
+ * struct page, then free to buddy allocator, because while we are
+ * freeing pages we can access pages that are ahead (computing buddy
+ * page in __free_one_page()).
+ *
+ * In order to try and keep some memory in the cache we have the loop
+ * broken along max page order boundaries. This way we will not cause
+ * any issues with the buddy page computation.
+ */
+static unsigned long __init
+deferred_init_maxorder(u64 *i, struct zone *zone, unsigned long *start_pfn,
+		       unsigned long *end_pfn)
+{
+	unsigned long mo_pfn = ALIGN(*start_pfn + 1, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
+	unsigned long spfn = *start_pfn, epfn = *end_pfn;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
+	u64 j = *i;
+
+	/* First we loop through and initialize the page values */
+	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(j, zone, start_pfn, end_pfn) {
+		unsigned long t;
+
+		if (mo_pfn <= *start_pfn)
+			break;
+
+		t = min(mo_pfn, *end_pfn);
+		nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, *start_pfn, t);
+
+		if (mo_pfn < *end_pfn) {
+			*start_pfn = mo_pfn;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Reset values and now loop through freeing pages as needed */
+	swap(j, *i);
+
+	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(j, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
+		unsigned long t;
+
+		if (mo_pfn <= spfn)
+			break;
+
+		t = min(mo_pfn, epfn);
+		deferred_free_pages(spfn, t);
+
+		if (mo_pfn <= epfn)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return nr_pages;
+}
+
 /* Initialise remaining memory on a node */
 static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
 {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = data;
-	unsigned long start = jiffies;
-	unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
-	unsigned long spfn, epfn, first_init_pfn, flags;
-	int zid;
-	struct zone *zone;
 	const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
+	unsigned long spfn = 0, epfn = 0, nr_pages = 0;
+	unsigned long first_init_pfn, flags;
+	unsigned long start = jiffies;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int zid;
 	u64 i;
 
 	/* Bind memory initialisation thread to a local node if possible */
@@ -1662,22 +1746,20 @@ static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
 		if (first_init_pfn < zone_end_pfn(zone))
 			break;
 	}
-	first_init_pfn = max(zone->zone_start_pfn, first_init_pfn);
+
+	/* If the zone is empty somebody else may have cleared out the zone */
+	if (!deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn,
+						 first_init_pfn))
+		goto zone_empty;
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialize and free pages. We do it in two loops: first we initialize
-	 * struct page, than free to buddy allocator, because while we are
-	 * freeing pages we can access pages that are ahead (computing buddy
-	 * page in __free_one_page()).
+	 * Initialize and free pages in MAX_ORDER sized increments so
+	 * that we can avoid introducing any issues with the buddy
+	 * allocator.
 	 */
-	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(i, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
-		spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, spfn);
-		nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, spfn, epfn);
-	}
-	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(i, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
-		spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, spfn);
-		deferred_free_pages(spfn, epfn);
-	}
+	while (spfn < epfn)
+		nr_pages += deferred_init_maxorder(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn);
+zone_empty:
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
 
 	/* Sanity check that the next zone really is unpopulated */
@@ -1710,9 +1792,9 @@ deferred_grow_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_pages_needed = ALIGN(1 << order, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
-	unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
-	unsigned long first_init_pfn, spfn, epfn, t, flags;
 	unsigned long first_deferred_pfn = pgdat->first_deferred_pfn;
+	unsigned long spfn, epfn, flags;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
 	/* Only the last zone may have deferred pages */
@@ -1741,37 +1823,35 @@ deferred_grow_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	first_init_pfn = max(zone->zone_start_pfn, first_deferred_pfn);
-
-	if (first_init_pfn >= pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat)) {
+	/* If the zone is empty somebody else may have cleared out the zone */
+	if (!deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn,
+						 first_deferred_pfn)) {
+		pgdat->first_deferred_pfn = ULONG_MAX;
 		pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(i, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
-		spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, spfn);
+	/*
+	 * Initialize and free pages in MAX_ORDER sized increments so
+	 * that we can avoid introducing any issues with the buddy
+	 * allocator.
+	 */
+	while (spfn < epfn) {
+		/* update our first deferred PFN for this section */
+		first_deferred_pfn = spfn;
 
-		while (spfn < epfn && nr_pages < nr_pages_needed) {
-			t = ALIGN(spfn + PAGES_PER_SECTION, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-			first_deferred_pfn = min(t, epfn);
-			nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, spfn,
-							first_deferred_pfn);
-			spfn = first_deferred_pfn;
-		}
+		nr_pages += deferred_init_maxorder(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn);
 
+		/* We should only stop along section boundaries */
+		if ((first_deferred_pfn ^ spfn) < PAGES_PER_SECTION)
+			continue;
+
+		/* If our quota has been met we can stop here */
 		if (nr_pages >= nr_pages_needed)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(i, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
-		spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, spfn);
-		epfn = min_t(unsigned long, first_deferred_pfn, epfn);
-		deferred_free_pages(spfn, epfn);
-
-		if (first_deferred_pfn == epfn)
-			break;
-	}
-	pgdat->first_deferred_pfn = first_deferred_pfn;
+	pgdat->first_deferred_pfn = spfn;
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
 
 	return nr_pages > 0;