diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 9ad9984..8c19208 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ struct hstate {
 	unsigned int nr_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 	unsigned int free_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 	unsigned int surplus_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
+	unsigned int nr_free_vmemmap_pages;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
 	/* cgroup control files */
 	struct cftype cgroup_files_dfl[7];
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 778db5d..dd9c90c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3585,6 +3585,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_add_hstate(unsigned int order)
 	h->next_nid_to_free = first_memory_node;
 	snprintf(h->name, HSTATE_NAME_LEN, "hugepages-%lukB",
 					huge_page_size(h)/1024);
+	hugetlb_vmemmap_init(h);
 
 	parsed_hstate = h;
 }
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 3070e14..f9f9bb2 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -262,3 +262,36 @@ void free_huge_page_vmemmap(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
 
 	SetHPageVmemmapOptimized(head);
 }
+
+void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_pages = pages_per_huge_page(h);
+	unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
+
+	/*
+	 * There are only (RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page)) struct
+	 * page structs that can be used when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP,
+	 * so add a BUILD_BUG_ON to catch invalid usage of the tail struct page.
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__NR_USED_SUBPAGE >=
+		     RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page));
+
+	if (!hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	vmemmap_pages = (nr_pages * sizeof(struct page)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	/*
+	 * The head page and the first tail page are not to be freed to buddy
+	 * allocator, the other pages will map to the first tail page, so they
+	 * can be freed.
+	 *
+	 * Could RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR be greater than @vmemmap_pages? It is true
+	 * on some architectures (e.g. aarch64). See Documentation/arm64/
+	 * hugetlbpage.rst for more details.
+	 */
+	if (likely(vmemmap_pages > RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR))
+		h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages = vmemmap_pages - RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
+
+	pr_info("can free %d vmemmap pages for %s\n", h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages,
+		h->name);
+}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
index a37771b..cb2bef8 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
 int alloc_huge_page_vmemmap(struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
 void free_huge_page_vmemmap(struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
+void hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h);
 
 /*
  * How many vmemmap pages associated with a HugeTLB page that can be freed
  * to the buddy allocator.
- *
- * Todo: Returns zero for now, which means the feature is disabled. We will
- * enable it once all the infrastructure is there.
  */
 static inline unsigned int free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages;
 }
 #else
 static inline int alloc_huge_page_vmemmap(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
@@ -35,6 +33,10 @@ static inline void free_huge_page_vmemmap(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
+{
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
 {
 	return 0;