}
 
 static struct page *
-split_large_page(unsigned long address, pgprot_t prot, pgprot_t ref_prot)
+split_large_page(unsigned long address, pgprot_t ref_prot)
 {
        unsigned long addr;
        struct page *base;
        address = __pa(address);
        addr = address & LARGE_PAGE_MASK;
        pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base);
-       for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-               pbase[i] = pfn_pte(addr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-                                  addr == address ? prot : ref_prot);
-       }
+       for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE)
+               pbase[i] = pfn_pte(addr >> PAGE_SHIFT, ref_prot);
+
        return base;
 }
 
        pgprot_t ref_prot2, oldprot;
        int level;
 
+repeat:
        kpte = lookup_address(address, &level);
        if (!kpte)
                return 0;
                        struct page *split;
 
                        ref_prot2 = pte_pgprot(pte_clrhuge(*kpte));
-                       split = split_large_page(address, prot, ref_prot2);
+                       split = split_large_page(address, ref_prot2);
                        if (!split)
                                return -ENOMEM;
                        pgprot_val(ref_prot2) &= ~_PAGE_NX;
                        set_pte(kpte, mk_pte(split, ref_prot2));
-                       kpte_page = split;
+                       goto repeat;
                }
        } else {
                if (level == 4) {