diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 80367f2cf821..6c7dbf0adad6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ config ALPHA
 	select OLD_SIGSUSPEND
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS if !ALPHA_EV67
 	select MMU_GATHER_NO_RANGE
+	select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	select SPARSEMEM_EXTREME if SPARSEMEM
 	select ZONE_DMA
 	help
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
index 4f79e331af5e..ad586b898fd6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/tlb.h>
 
-#define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, address)		pte_free((tlb)->mm, pte)
-#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, address)		pmd_free((tlb)->mm, pmd)
- 
+#define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, address)	tlb_remove_ptdesc((tlb), page_ptdesc(pte))
+#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, address)	tlb_remove_ptdesc((tlb), virt_to_ptdesc(pmd))
+
 #endif