diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f41c9538ca30..237fc128143d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ config MMU
 config ZONE_DMA
 	def_bool y
 
-config QUICKLIST
-	def_bool X86_32
-
 config SBUS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
index 73aba7125203..2f9e9afcb9f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -342,12 +342,16 @@ static void pgd_mop_up_pmds(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgdp)
 
 pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	pgd_t *pgd = quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, pgd_ctor);
+	pgd_t *pgd = (pgd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 
-	mm->pgd = pgd;		/* so that alloc_pd can use it */
+	/* so that alloc_pd can use it */
+	mm->pgd = pgd;
+	if (pgd)
+		pgd_ctor(pgd);
 
 	if (pgd && !pgd_prepopulate_pmd(mm, pgd)) {
-		quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd);
+		pgd_dtor(pgd);
+		free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
 		pgd = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -357,12 +361,8 @@ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 {
 	pgd_mop_up_pmds(mm, pgd);
-	quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd);
-}
-
-void check_pgt_cache(void)
-{
-	quicklist_trim(0, pgd_dtor, 25, 16);
+	pgd_dtor(pgd);
+	free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
 }
 
 void __pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *pte)
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable_32.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable_32.h
index a842c7222b1e..4e6a0fca0b47 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable_32.h
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ struct mm_struct;
 struct vm_area_struct;
 
 extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[1024];
-extern struct kmem_cache *pmd_cache;
-void check_pgt_cache(void);
 
-static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) {}
+static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) { }
+static inline void check_pgt_cache(void) { }
 void paging_init(void);