diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 7addd0301c51..b917b596f7fb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #define _ASM_ARC_PGTABLE_H
 
 #include <linux/bits.h>
-#define __ARCH_USE_5LEVEL_HACK
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable-nopmd.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>	/* to propagate CONFIG_ARC_MMU_VER <n> */
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index 3861543b66a0..fb86bc3e9b35 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ noinline static int handle_kernel_vaddr_fault(unsigned long address)
 	 * with the 'reference' page table.
 	 */
 	pgd_t *pgd, *pgd_k;
+	p4d_t *p4d, *p4d_k;
 	pud_t *pud, *pud_k;
 	pmd_t *pmd, *pmd_k;
 
@@ -39,8 +40,13 @@ noinline static int handle_kernel_vaddr_fault(unsigned long address)
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd_k))
 		goto bad_area;
 
-	pud = pud_offset(pgd, address);
-	pud_k = pud_offset(pgd_k, address);
+	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
+	p4d_k = p4d_offset(pgd_k, address);
+	if (!p4d_present(*p4d_k))
+		goto bad_area;
+
+	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
+	pud_k = pud_offset(p4d_k, address);
 	if (!pud_present(*pud_k))
 		goto bad_area;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/highmem.c b/arch/arc/mm/highmem.c
index a4856bfaedf3..fc8849e4f72e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/highmem.c
@@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kunmap_atomic);
 static noinline pte_t * __init alloc_kmap_pgtable(unsigned long kvaddr)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd_k;
+	p4d_t *p4d_k;
 	pud_t *pud_k;
 	pmd_t *pmd_k;
 	pte_t *pte_k;
 
 	pgd_k = pgd_offset_k(kvaddr);
-	pud_k = pud_offset(pgd_k, kvaddr);
+	p4d_k = p4d_offset(pgd_k, kvaddr);
+	pud_k = pud_offset(p4d_k, kvaddr);
 	pmd_k = pmd_offset(pud_k, kvaddr);
 
 	pte_k = (pte_t *)memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);