diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 1f1064b519c092838b7d916c05ace850ce348a79..9763be04f77ee9e15b8e759a1b392cb7f66b3b6f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ extern void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd);
 
 #define PGALLOC_GFP	(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO)
 
+static inline void clean_pte_table(pte_t *pte)
+{
+	clean_dcache_area(pte + PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS, PTE_HWTABLE_SIZE);
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate one PTE table.
  *
@@ -42,14 +47,14 @@ extern void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd);
  * into one table thus:
  *
  *  +------------+
- *  |  h/w pt 0  |
- *  +------------+
- *  |  h/w pt 1  |
- *  +------------+
  *  | Linux pt 0 |
  *  +------------+
  *  | Linux pt 1 |
  *  +------------+
+ *  |  h/w pt 0  |
+ *  +------------+
+ *  |  h/w pt 1  |
+ *  +------------+
  */
 static inline pte_t *
 pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
@@ -57,10 +62,8 @@ pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
-	if (pte) {
-		clean_dcache_area(pte, sizeof(pte_t) * PTRS_PER_PTE);
-		pte += PTRS_PER_PTE;
-	}
+	if (pte)
+		clean_pte_table(pte);
 
 	return pte;
 }
@@ -76,10 +79,8 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	pte = alloc_pages(PGALLOC_GFP, 0);
 #endif
 	if (pte) {
-		if (!PageHighMem(pte)) {
-			void *page = page_address(pte);
-			clean_dcache_area(page, sizeof(pte_t) * PTRS_PER_PTE);
-		}
+		if (!PageHighMem(pte))
+			clean_pte_table(page_address(pte));
 		pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
 	}
 
@@ -91,10 +92,8 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
  */
 static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
-	if (pte) {
-		pte -= PTRS_PER_PTE;
+	if (pte)
 		free_page((unsigned long)pte);
-	}
 }
 
 static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pte)
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pte)
 static inline void __pmd_populate(pmd_t *pmdp, phys_addr_t pte,
 	unsigned long prot)
 {
-	unsigned long pmdval = pte | prot;
+	unsigned long pmdval = (pte + PTE_HWTABLE_OFF) | prot;
 	pmdp[0] = __pmd(pmdval);
 	pmdp[1] = __pmd(pmdval + 256 * sizeof(pte_t));
 	flush_pmd_entry(pmdp);
@@ -121,14 +120,10 @@ static inline void __pmd_populate(pmd_t *pmdp, phys_addr_t pte,
 static inline void
 pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	unsigned long pte_ptr = (unsigned long)ptep;
-
 	/*
-	 * The pmd must be loaded with the physical
-	 * address of the PTE table
+	 * The pmd must be loaded with the physical address of the PTE table
 	 */
-	pte_ptr -= PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(void *);
-	__pmd_populate(pmdp, __pa(pte_ptr), _PAGE_KERNEL_TABLE);
+	__pmd_populate(pmdp, __pa(ptep), _PAGE_KERNEL_TABLE);
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 50eb0b4278ec6401cd77b1c8b9aed662bc6e80c2..e582214b00df4ff0269e179630457aabc45eeee1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * Therefore, we tweak the implementation slightly - we tell Linux that we
  * have 2048 entries in the first level, each of which is 8 bytes (iow, two
  * hardware pointers to the second level.)  The second level contains two
- * hardware PTE tables arranged contiguously, followed by Linux versions
+ * hardware PTE tables arranged contiguously, preceded by Linux versions
  * which contain the state information Linux needs.  We, therefore, end up
  * with 512 entries in the "PTE" level.
  *
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@
  *
  *    pgd             pte
  * |        |
- * +--------+ +0
- * |        |-----> +------------+ +0
+ * +--------+
+ * |        |       +------------+ +0
+ * +- - - - +       | Linux pt 0 |
+ * |        |       +------------+ +1024
+ * +--------+ +0    | Linux pt 1 |
+ * |        |-----> +------------+ +2048
  * +- - - - + +4    |  h/w pt 0  |
- * |        |-----> +------------+ +1024
+ * |        |-----> +------------+ +3072
  * +--------+ +8    |  h/w pt 1  |
- * |        |       +------------+ +2048
- * +- - - - +       | Linux pt 0 |
- * |        |       +------------+ +3072
- * +--------+       | Linux pt 1 |
  * |        |       +------------+ +4096
  *
  * See L_PTE_xxx below for definitions of bits in the "Linux pt", and
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
 #define PTRS_PER_PMD		1
 #define PTRS_PER_PGD		2048
 
+#define PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS	(PTRS_PER_PTE)
+#define PTE_HWTABLE_OFF		(PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS * sizeof(pte_t))
+#define PTE_HWTABLE_SIZE	(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(u32))
+
 /*
  * PMD_SHIFT determines the size of the area a second-level page table can map
  * PGDIR_SHIFT determines what a third-level page table entry can map
@@ -323,12 +327,7 @@ extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD];
 
 static inline pte_t *pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-	phys_addr_t ptr;
-
-	ptr = pmd_val(pmd) & ~(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(void *) - 1);
-	ptr += PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(void *);
-
-	return __va(ptr);
+	return __va(pmd_val(pmd) & PAGE_MASK);
 }
 
 #define pmd_page(pmd)		pfn_to_page(__phys_to_pfn(pmd_val(pmd)))
@@ -341,8 +340,8 @@ static inline pte_t *pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 #define __pte_map(pmd)		pmd_page_vaddr(*(pmd))
 #define __pte_unmap(pte)	do { } while (0)
 #else
-#define __pte_map(pmd)		((pte_t *)kmap_atomic(pmd_page(*(pmd))) + PTRS_PER_PTE)
-#define __pte_unmap(pte)	kunmap_atomic((pte - PTRS_PER_PTE))
+#define __pte_map(pmd)		(pte_t *)kmap_atomic(pmd_page(*(pmd)))
+#define __pte_unmap(pte)	kunmap_atomic(pte)
 #endif
 
 #define pte_index(addr)		(((addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1))
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index 1e21e125fe3a833fadcc932c8fcf01177d7ba8f2..f10f9bac220695d02037731e6715ad510bbfb33d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void show_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 		pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
 		printk(", *pte=%08lx", pte_val(*pte));
-		printk(", *ppte=%08lx", pte_val(pte[-PTRS_PER_PTE]));
+		printk(", *ppte=%08lx", pte_val(pte[PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS]));
 		pte_unmap(pte);
 	} while(0);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
index 7d63beaf97456541c0718c84b475b844194156e6..cbedf9c46b9de26e0c2641079242583fdc778897 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	.endm
 
 	.macro	armv6_set_pte_ext pfx
-	str	r1, [r0], #-2048		@ linux version
+	str	r1, [r0], #2048			@ linux version
 
 	bic	r3, r1, #0x000003fc
 	bic	r3, r3, #PTE_TYPE_MASK
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
  *  1111  0xff	r/w	r/w
  */
 	.macro	armv3_set_pte_ext wc_disable=1
-	str	r1, [r0], #-2048		@ linux version
+	str	r1, [r0], #2048			@ linux version
 
 	eor	r3, r1, #L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | L_PTE_WRITE | L_PTE_DIRTY
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	bicne	r2, r2, #PTE_BUFFERABLE
 #endif
 	.endif
-	str	r2, [r0]			@ hardware version
+	str	r2, [r0]		@ hardware version
 	.endm
 
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
  *  1111  11	r/w	r/w
  */
 	.macro	xscale_set_pte_ext_prologue
-	str	r1, [r0], #-2048		@ linux version
+	str	r1, [r0]			@ linux version
 
 	eor	r3, r1, #L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | L_PTE_WRITE | L_PTE_DIRTY
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 	tst	r3, #L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG	@ present and young?
 	movne	r2, #0				@ no -> fault
 
-	str	r2, [r0]			@ hardware version
+	str	r2, [r0, #2048]!		@ hardware version
 	mov	ip, #0
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 1		@ clean L1 D line
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c7, c10, 4		@ data write barrier
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index 53cbe2225153de55cf6848394d63d1fb1ea00a18..89c31a6dae5c399f2c03e891d2c46dde90b88441 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -124,15 +124,13 @@ ENDPROC(cpu_v7_switch_mm)
  *	Set a level 2 translation table entry.
  *
  *	- ptep  - pointer to level 2 translation table entry
- *		  (hardware version is stored at -1024 bytes)
+ *		  (hardware version is stored at +2048 bytes)
  *	- pte   - PTE value to store
  *	- ext	- value for extended PTE bits
  */
 ENTRY(cpu_v7_set_pte_ext)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
- ARM(	str	r1, [r0], #-2048	)	@ linux version
- THUMB(	str	r1, [r0]		)	@ linux version
- THUMB(	sub	r0, r0, #2048		)
+	str	r1, [r0]			@ linux version
 
 	bic	r3, r1, #0x000003f0
 	bic	r3, r3, #PTE_TYPE_MASK
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_v7_set_pte_ext)
 	tstne	r1, #L_PTE_PRESENT
 	moveq	r3, #0
 
-	str	r3, [r0]
+	str	r3, [r0, #2048]!
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 1		@ flush_pte
 #endif
 	mov	pc, lr