diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index cccd1aab69dd..5e9d6c8ab411 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ struct hstate {
 	int next_nid_to_alloc;
 	int next_nid_to_free;
 	unsigned int order;
+	unsigned int demote_order;
 	unsigned long mask;
 	unsigned long max_huge_pages;
 	unsigned long nr_huge_pages;
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 8fb42c6dd74b..161732ba7aaf 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
 
 static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
 {
-	struct hstate *h;
+	struct hstate *h, *h2;
 
 	for_each_hstate(h) {
 		if (minimum_order > huge_page_order(h))
@@ -2501,6 +2501,17 @@ static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
 		/* oversize hugepages were init'ed in early boot */
 		if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h))
 			hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(h);
+
+		/*
+		 * Set demote order for each hstate.  Note that
+		 * h->demote_order is initially 0.
+		 */
+		for_each_hstate(h2) {
+			if (h2 == h)
+				continue;
+			if (h2->order < h->order && h2->order > h->demote_order)
+				h->demote_order = h2->order;
+		}
 	}
 	VM_BUG_ON(minimum_order == UINT_MAX);
 }
@@ -2710,6 +2721,20 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int demote_pool_huge_page(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	/* If no demote order, free to buddy */
+	if (!h->demote_order)
+		return free_pool_huge_page(h, nodes_allowed, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO - demote fucntionality will be added in subsequent patch
+	 */
+	return rc;
+}
+
 #define HSTATE_ATTR_RO(_name) \
 	static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
 
@@ -2908,12 +2933,100 @@ static ssize_t surplus_hugepages_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 HSTATE_ATTR_RO(surplus_hugepages);
 
+static ssize_t demote_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				       struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "0\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t demote_store_action(struct kobject *kobj, const char *buf,
+							size_t len)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_demote;
+	unsigned long nr_available;
+	nodemask_t nodes_allowed, *n_mask;
+	struct hstate *h;
+	int err;
+	int nid;
+
+	err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &nr_demote);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+
+	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE) {
+		nr_available = h->free_huge_pages_node[nid];
+		init_nodemask_of_node(&nodes_allowed, nid);
+		n_mask = &nodes_allowed;
+	} else {
+		nr_available = h->free_huge_pages;
+		n_mask = &node_states[N_MEMORY];
+	}
+	nr_available -= h->resv_huge_pages;
+	if (nr_available <= 0)
+		goto out;
+	nr_demote = min(nr_available, nr_demote);
+
+	while (nr_demote) {
+		if (!demote_pool_huge_page(h, n_mask))
+			break;
+
+		cond_resched_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+		/*
+		 * We may have dropped the lock above or in the routines to
+		 * demote/free a page.  Recompute nr_demote as counts could
+		 * have changed and we want to make sure we do not demote
+		 * a reserved huge page.
+		 */
+		nr_demote--;
+		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
+			nr_available = h->free_huge_pages_node[nid];
+		else
+			nr_available = h->free_huge_pages;
+		nr_available -= h->resv_huge_pages;
+		if (nr_available <= 0)
+			nr_demote = 0;
+		else
+			nr_demote = min(nr_available, nr_demote);
+	}
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static ssize_t demote_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+	       struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return demote_store_action(kobj, buf, len);
+}
+HSTATE_ATTR(demote);
+
+static ssize_t demote_size_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct hstate *h;
+	unsigned long demote_size;
+	int nid;
+
+	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+	demote_size = h->demote_order;
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lukB\n",
+			(unsigned long)(PAGE_SIZE << h->demote_order) / SZ_1K);
+}
+HSTATE_ATTR_RO(demote_size);
+
 static struct attribute *hstate_attrs[] = {
 	&nr_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&nr_overcommit_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&free_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&resv_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&surplus_hugepages_attr.attr,
+	&demote_size_attr.attr,
+	&demote_attr.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	&nr_hugepages_mempolicy_attr.attr,
 #endif
@@ -2983,6 +3096,8 @@ static struct attribute *per_node_hstate_attrs[] = {
 	&nr_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&free_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&surplus_hugepages_attr.attr,
+	&demote_size_attr.attr,
+	&demote_attr.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
