diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 112ccf9c71ca..99e2be39671b 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -386,12 +386,17 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hvo(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 void __weak __meminit vmemmap_set_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, void *p, int node,
 				      unsigned long addr, unsigned long next)
 {
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_set_huge(pmd, virt_to_phys(p), PAGE_KERNEL));
 }
 
 int __weak __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, int node,
 				       unsigned long addr, unsigned long next)
 {
-	return 0;
+	if (!pmd_leaf(pmdp_get(pmd)))
+		return 0;
+	vmemmap_verify((pte_t *)pmd, node, addr, next);
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,