diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
index bd10aad..cdacba1 100644
--- a/mm/debug.c
+++ b/mm/debug.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <trace/events/mmflags.h>
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/page_owner.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -175,4 +176,49 @@ void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 	);
 }
 
+static bool page_init_poisoning __read_mostly = true;
+
+static int __init setup_vm_debug(char *str)
+{
+	bool __page_init_poisoning = true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Calling vm_debug with no arguments is equivalent to requesting
+	 * to enable all debugging options we can control.
+	 */
+	if (*str++ != '=' || !*str)
+		goto out;
+
+	__page_init_poisoning = false;
+	if (*str == '-')
+		goto out;
+
+	while (*str) {
+		switch (tolower(*str)) {
+		case'p':
+			__page_init_poisoning = true;
+			break;
+		default:
+			pr_err("vm_debug option '%c' unknown. skipped\n",
+			       *str);
+		}
+
+		str++;
+	}
+out:
+	if (page_init_poisoning && !__page_init_poisoning)
+		pr_warn("Page struct poisoning disabled by kernel command line option 'vm_debug'\n");
+
+	page_init_poisoning = __page_init_poisoning;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("vm_debug", setup_vm_debug);
+
+void page_init_poison(struct page *page, size_t size)
+{
+	if (page_init_poisoning)
+		memset(page, PAGE_POISON_PATTERN, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_init_poison);
 #endif		/* CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */