diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index d6b8e74f301865..f09bf5c0289195 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -710,9 +710,9 @@ static inline phys_addr_t p4d_page_paddr(p4d_t p4d)
 	return __p4d_to_phys(p4d);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long p4d_page_vaddr(p4d_t p4d)
+static inline pud_t *p4d_pgtable(p4d_t p4d)
 {
-	return (unsigned long)__va(p4d_page_paddr(p4d));
+	return (pud_t *)__va(p4d_page_paddr(p4d));
 }
 
 /* Find an entry in the frst-level page table. */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 7599d04ae19228..9584b2c5f394a7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ ia64_phys_addr_valid (unsigned long addr)
 #define p4d_bad(p4d)			(!ia64_phys_addr_valid(p4d_val(p4d)))
 #define p4d_present(p4d)		(p4d_val(p4d) != 0UL)
 #define p4d_clear(p4dp)			(p4d_val(*(p4dp)) = 0UL)
-#define p4d_page_vaddr(p4d)		((unsigned long) __va(p4d_val(p4d) & _PFN_MASK))
+#define p4d_pgtable(p4d)		((pud_t *) __va(p4d_val(p4d) & _PFN_MASK))
 #define p4d_page(p4d)			virt_to_page((p4d_val(p4d) + PAGE_OFFSET))
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
index 1136b6f3e41e64..41921acdc9d86b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ static inline void p4d_clear(p4d_t *p4dp)
 	p4d_val(*p4dp) = (unsigned long)invalid_pud_table;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long p4d_page_vaddr(p4d_t p4d)
+static inline pud_t *p4d_pgtable(p4d_t p4d)
 {
-	return p4d_val(p4d);
+	return (pud_t *)p4d_val(p4d);
 }
 
 #define p4d_phys(p4d)		virt_to_phys((void *)p4d_val(p4d))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index 536037017c3ea2..5d34a8646f081f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -1051,7 +1051,10 @@ extern struct page *p4d_page(p4d_t p4d);
 /* Pointers in the page table tree are physical addresses */
 #define __pgtable_ptr_val(ptr)	__pa(ptr)
 
-#define p4d_page_vaddr(p4d)	__va(p4d_val(p4d) & ~P4D_MASKED_BITS)
+static inline pud_t *p4d_pgtable(p4d_t p4d)
+{
+	return (pud_t *)__va(p4d_val(p4d) & ~P4D_MASKED_BITS);
+}
 
 static inline pmd_t *pud_pgtable(pud_t pud)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable-4k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable-4k.h
index fe2f4c9acd9ed6..10f5cf444d72a8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable-4k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable-4k.h
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@
 #define p4d_none(p4d)		(!p4d_val(p4d))
 #define p4d_bad(p4d)		(p4d_val(p4d) == 0)
 #define p4d_present(p4d)	(p4d_val(p4d) != 0)
-#define p4d_page_vaddr(p4d)	(p4d_val(p4d) & ~P4D_MASKED_BITS)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+static inline pud_t *p4d_pgtable(p4d_t p4d)
+{
+	return (pud_t *) (p4d_val(p4d) & ~P4D_MASKED_BITS);
+}
+
 static inline void p4d_clear(p4d_t *p4dp)
 {
 	*p4dp = __p4d(0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 54f135b1ee60e2..e50ddf129c15c5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static void __meminit remove_pagetable(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		pud_base = (pud_t *)p4d_page_vaddr(*p4d);
+		pud_base = p4d_pgtable(*p4d);
 		remove_pud_table(pud_base, addr, next);
 		free_pud_table(pud_base, p4d);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index 4ba311808bdbc8..78c8cf01db5f90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct page *p4d_page(p4d_t p4d)
 		VM_WARN_ON(!p4d_huge(p4d));
 		return pte_page(p4d_pte(p4d));
 	}
-	return virt_to_page(p4d_page_vaddr(p4d));
+	return virt_to_page(p4d_pgtable(p4d));
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 23da25d4765c89..4679e45c834834 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@ static inline pmd_t *pud_pgtable(pud_t pud)
 #define pmd_clear(pmdp)			(pmd_val(*(pmdp)) = 0UL)
 #define pud_present(pud)		(pud_val(pud) != 0U)
 #define pud_clear(pudp)			(pud_val(*(pudp)) = 0UL)
-#define p4d_page_vaddr(p4d)		\
-	((unsigned long) __va(p4d_val(p4d)))
+#define p4d_pgtable(p4d)		\
+	((pud_t *) __va(p4d_val(p4d)))
 #define p4d_present(p4d)		(p4d_val(p4d) != 0U)
 #define p4d_clear(p4dp)			(p4d_val(*(p4dp)) = 0UL)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index e064c5fef0f3b5..448cd01eb3ecb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -877,9 +877,9 @@ static inline int p4d_present(p4d_t p4d)
 	return p4d_flags(p4d) & _PAGE_PRESENT;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long p4d_page_vaddr(p4d_t p4d)
+static inline pud_t *p4d_pgtable(p4d_t p4d)
 {
-	return (unsigned long)__va(p4d_val(p4d) & p4d_pfn_mask(p4d));
+	return (pud_t *)__va(p4d_val(p4d) & p4d_pfn_mask(p4d));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 65ea5852717694..ddeaba947eb3d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ static void sync_global_pgds_l4(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 			spin_lock(pgt_lock);
 
 			if (!p4d_none(*p4d_ref) && !p4d_none(*p4d))
-				BUG_ON(p4d_page_vaddr(*p4d)
-				       != p4d_page_vaddr(*p4d_ref));
+				BUG_ON(p4d_pgtable(*p4d)
+				       != p4d_pgtable(*p4d_ref));
 
 			if (p4d_none(*p4d))
 				set_p4d(p4d, *p4d_ref);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h
index 2f6b1befb1292d..03b7dae47dd430 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline p4d_t *p4d_offset(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
 #define __p4d(x)				((p4d_t) { __pgd(x) })
 
 #define pgd_page(pgd)				(p4d_page((p4d_t){ pgd }))
-#define pgd_page_vaddr(pgd)			(p4d_page_vaddr((p4d_t){ pgd }))
+#define pgd_page_vaddr(pgd)			((unsigned long)(p4d_pgtable((p4d_t){ pgd })))
 
 /*
  * allocating and freeing a p4d is trivial: the 1-entry p4d is
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h
index 7cbd15f70bf55d..eb70c6d7ceff2e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline pud_t *pud_offset(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long address)
 #define __pud(x)				((pud_t) { __p4d(x) })
 
 #define p4d_page(p4d)				(pud_page((pud_t){ p4d }))
-#define p4d_page_vaddr(p4d)			(pud_pgtable((pud_t){ p4d }))
+#define p4d_pgtable(p4d)			((pud_t *)(pud_pgtable((pud_t){ p4d })))
 
 /*
  * allocating and freeing a pud is trivial: the 1-entry pud is
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index c7c992ada1fe34..d147480cdefc7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_offset(pud_t *pud, unsigned long address)
 #ifndef pud_offset
 static inline pud_t *pud_offset(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long address)
 {
-	return (pud_t *)p4d_page_vaddr(*p4d) + pud_index(address);
+	return p4d_pgtable(*p4d) + pud_index(address);
 }
 #define pud_offset pud_offset
 #endif