diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 8221e71..1843d5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 	int slot_npages[KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM];
 	unsigned short last_vcpu[NR_CPUS];
 	struct kvmppc_vcore *vcores[KVM_MAX_VCORES];
+	struct kvmppc_linear_info *hpt_li;
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV */
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index 1c37a2f..9d6dee0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ extern long kvm_vm_ioctl_allocate_rma(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_allocate_rma *rma);
 extern struct kvmppc_linear_info *kvm_alloc_rma(void);
 extern void kvm_release_rma(struct kvmppc_linear_info *ri);
+extern struct kvmppc_linear_info *kvm_alloc_hpt(void);
+extern void kvm_release_hpt(struct kvmppc_linear_info *li);
 extern int kvmppc_core_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 extern void kvmppc_core_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 extern int kvmppc_core_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
index 783cd35..ddc485a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
@@ -44,10 +44,20 @@ long kvmppc_alloc_hpt(struct kvm *kvm)
 	unsigned long hpt;
 	unsigned long lpid;
 	struct revmap_entry *rev;
+	struct kvmppc_linear_info *li;
 
 	/* Allocate guest's hashed page table */
-	hpt = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN,
-			       HPT_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	li = kvm_alloc_hpt();
+	if (li) {
+		/* using preallocated memory */
+		hpt = (ulong)li->base_virt;
+		kvm->arch.hpt_li = li;
+	} else {
+		/* using dynamic memory */
+		hpt = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_REPEAT|
+				       __GFP_NOWARN, HPT_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	}
+
 	if (!hpt) {
 		pr_err("kvm_alloc_hpt: Couldn't alloc HPT\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -88,7 +98,10 @@ void kvmppc_free_hpt(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	clear_bit(kvm->arch.lpid, lpid_inuse);
 	vfree(kvm->arch.revmap);
-	free_pages(kvm->arch.hpt_virt, HPT_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (kvm->arch.hpt_li)
+		kvm_release_hpt(kvm->arch.hpt_li);
+	else
+		free_pages(kvm->arch.hpt_virt, HPT_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
 /* Bits in first HPTE dword for pagesize 4k, 64k or 16M */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
index 7caed1d..bed1279 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_book3s.h>
 
 #define KVM_LINEAR_RMA		0
+#define KVM_LINEAR_HPT		1
 
 static void __init kvm_linear_init_one(ulong size, int count, int type);
 static struct kvmppc_linear_info *kvm_alloc_linear(int type);
@@ -97,6 +98,39 @@ void kvm_release_rma(struct kvmppc_linear_info *ri)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_rma);
 
+/*************** HPT *************/
+
+/*
+ * This maintains a list of big linear HPT tables that contain the GVA->HPA
+ * memory mappings. If we don't reserve those early on, we might not be able
+ * to get a big (usually 16MB) linear memory region from the kernel anymore.
+ */
+
+static unsigned long kvm_hpt_count;
+
+static int __init early_parse_hpt_count(char *p)
+{
+	if (!p)
+		return 1;
+
+	kvm_hpt_count = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("kvm_hpt_count", early_parse_hpt_count);
+
+struct kvmppc_linear_info *kvm_alloc_hpt(void)
+{
+	return kvm_alloc_linear(KVM_LINEAR_HPT);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_alloc_hpt);
+
+void kvm_release_hpt(struct kvmppc_linear_info *li)
+{
+	kvm_release_linear(li);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_hpt);
+
 /*************** generic *************/
 
 static LIST_HEAD(free_linears);
@@ -114,7 +148,7 @@ static void __init kvm_linear_init_one(ulong size, int count, int type)
 	if (!count)
 		return;
 
-	typestr = (type == KVM_LINEAR_RMA) ? "RMA" : "";
+	typestr = (type == KVM_LINEAR_RMA) ? "RMA" : "HPT";
 
 	npages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	linear_info = alloc_bootmem(count * sizeof(struct kvmppc_linear_info));
@@ -173,6 +207,9 @@ static void kvm_release_linear(struct kvmppc_linear_info *ri)
  */
 void __init kvm_linear_init(void)
 {
+	/* HPT */
+	kvm_linear_init_one(1 << HPT_ORDER, kvm_hpt_count, KVM_LINEAR_HPT);
+
 	/* RMA */
 	/* Only do this on PPC970 in HV mode */
 	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE) ||
