diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax.c b/drivers/dax/dax.c
index b90bb30..b75c772 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/dax.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax.c
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ static int __dax_dev_pud_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD */
 
-static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int dax_dev_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+		enum page_entry_size pe_size)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct file *filp = vmf->vma->vm_file;
@@ -550,14 +551,14 @@ static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			vmf->vma->vm_start, vmf->vma->vm_end);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	switch (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK) {
-	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE:
+	switch (pe_size) {
+	case PE_SIZE_PTE:
 		rc = __dax_dev_pte_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
 		break;
-	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD:
+	case PE_SIZE_PMD:
 		rc = __dax_dev_pmd_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
 		break;
-	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD:
+	case PE_SIZE_PUD:
 		rc = __dax_dev_pud_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -568,9 +569,14 @@ static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	return dax_dev_huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PTE);
+}
+
 static const struct vm_operations_struct dax_dev_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = dax_dev_fault,
-	.huge_fault = dax_dev_fault,
+	.huge_fault = dax_dev_huge_fault,
 };
 
 static int dax_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 25f791d..97b8ecb 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1446,12 +1446,13 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap_ops *ops)
  * has done all the necessary locking for page fault to proceed
  * successfully.
  */
-int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap_ops *ops)
+int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, enum page_entry_size pe_size,
+		struct iomap_ops *ops)
 {
-	switch (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK) {
-	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE:
+	switch (pe_size) {
+	case PE_SIZE_PTE:
 		return dax_iomap_pte_fault(vmf, ops);
-	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD:
+	case PE_SIZE_PMD:
 		return dax_iomap_pmd_fault(vmf, ops);
 	default:
 		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 6873883..b21891a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int ext2_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	}
 	down_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 
-	ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &ext2_iomap_ops);
+	ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PTE, &ext2_iomap_ops);
 
 	up_read(&ei->dax_sem);
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 51d7155..e8ab46e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
-static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int ext4_dax_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+		enum page_entry_size pe_size)
 {
 	int result;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
 	}
 	down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
-	result = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &ext4_iomap_ops);
+	result = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, pe_size, &ext4_iomap_ops);
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
 	if (write)
 		sb_end_pagefault(sb);
@@ -275,6 +276,11 @@ static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	return ext4_dax_huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PTE);
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle write fault for VM_MIXEDMAP mappings. Similarly to ext4_dax_fault()
  * handler we check for races agaist truncate. Note that since we cycle through
@@ -307,7 +313,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext4_dax_fault,
-	.huge_fault	= ext4_dax_fault,
+	.huge_fault	= ext4_dax_huge_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_fault,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index c4fe261..c37f435 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ xfs_filemap_page_mkwrite(
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (IS_DAX(inode)) {
-		ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
+		ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PTE, &xfs_iomap_ops);
 	} else {
 		ret = iomap_page_mkwrite(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
 		ret = block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ xfs_filemap_fault(
 
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 	if (IS_DAX(inode))
-		ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
+		ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PTE, &xfs_iomap_ops);
 	else
 		ret = filemap_fault(vmf);
 	xfs_iunlock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
@@ -1429,7 +1429,8 @@ xfs_filemap_fault(
  */
 STATIC int
 xfs_filemap_huge_fault(
-	struct vm_fault		*vmf)
+	struct vm_fault		*vmf,
+	enum page_entry_size	pe_size)
 {
 	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
@@ -1446,7 +1447,7 @@ xfs_filemap_huge_fault(
 	}
 
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
-	ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
+	ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, pe_size, &xfs_iomap_ops);
 	xfs_iunlock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index a3bfa26..df63730 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ static inline void *dax_radix_locked_entry(sector_t sector, unsigned long flags)
 
 ssize_t dax_iomap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		struct iomap_ops *ops);
-int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap_ops *ops);
+int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, enum page_entry_size pe_size,
+		struct iomap_ops *ops);
 int dax_delete_mapping_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index);
 int dax_invalidate_mapping_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index);
 int dax_invalidate_mapping_entry_sync(struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7646ae5..7b11431 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -285,11 +285,6 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
 #define FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE	0x80	/* faulting for non current tsk/mm */
 #define FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION  0x100	/* The fault was during an instruction fetch */
 
-#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK	0x7000	/* Support up to 8-level page tables */
-#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE	0x0000	/* First level (eg 4k) */
-#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD	0x1000	/* Second level (eg 2MB) */
-#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD	0x2000	/* Third level (eg 1GB) */
-
 #define FAULT_FLAG_TRACE \
 	{ FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,		"WRITE" }, \
 	{ FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE,		"MKWRITE" }, \
@@ -349,6 +344,13 @@ struct vm_fault {
 					 */
 };
 
+/* page entry size for vm->huge_fault() */
+enum page_entry_size {
+	PE_SIZE_PTE = 0,
+	PE_SIZE_PMD,
+	PE_SIZE_PUD,
+};
+
 /*
  * These are the virtual MM functions - opening of an area, closing and
  * unmapping it (needed to keep files on disk up-to-date etc), pointer
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	int (*mremap)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	int (*fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
-	int (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+	int (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf, enum page_entry_size pe_size);
 	void (*map_pages)(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			pgoff_t start_pgoff, pgoff_t end_pgoff);
 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 41e2a2d..6040b74 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3489,7 +3489,7 @@ static int create_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(vmf);
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PMD);
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
 
@@ -3498,7 +3498,7 @@ static int wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_wp_page(vmf, orig_pmd);
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PMD);
 
 	/* COW handled on pte level: split pmd */
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED, vmf->vma);
@@ -3519,7 +3519,7 @@ static int create_huge_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PUD);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
@@ -3531,7 +3531,7 @@ static int wp_huge_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pud_t orig_pud)
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf, PE_SIZE_PUD);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
@@ -3659,7 +3659,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if (!vmf.pud)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
-		vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD;
 		ret = create_huge_pud(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
@@ -3670,8 +3669,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		if (pud_trans_huge(orig_pud) || pud_devmap(orig_pud)) {
 			unsigned int dirty = flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 
-			vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD;
-
 			/* NUMA case for anonymous PUDs would go here */
 
 			if (dirty && !pud_write(orig_pud)) {
@@ -3689,18 +3686,14 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if (!vmf.pmd)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
-		vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
 		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
-		/* fall through path, remove PMD flag */
-		vmf.flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
 	} else {
 		pmd_t orig_pmd = *vmf.pmd;
 
 		barrier();
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(orig_pmd) || pmd_devmap(orig_pmd)) {
-			vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
 			if (pmd_protnone(orig_pmd) && vma_is_accessible(vma))
 				return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 
@@ -3709,8 +3702,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 				ret = wp_huge_pmd(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 				if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 					return ret;
-				/* fall through path, remove PUD flag */
-				vmf.flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD;
 			} else {
 				huge_pmd_set_accessed(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 				return 0;
