diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 0e498683295b..add7605bbd61 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *vmalloc_sync_one(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
 	return pmd_k;
 }
 
-void vmalloc_sync_all(void)
+static void vmalloc_sync(void)
 {
 	unsigned long address;
 
@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void)
+{
+	vmalloc_sync();
+}
+
+void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void)
+{
+	vmalloc_sync();
+}
+
 /*
  * 32-bit:
  *
@@ -349,11 +359,23 @@ out:
 
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64: */
 
-void vmalloc_sync_all(void)
+void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * 64-bit mappings might allocate new p4d/pud pages
+	 * that need to be propagated to all tasks' PGDs.
+	 */
 	sync_global_pgds(VMALLOC_START & PGDIR_MASK, VMALLOC_END, 0);
 }
 
+void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Unmappings never allocate or free p4d/pud pages.
+	 * No work is required here.
+	 */
+}
+
 /*
  * 64-bit:
  *
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index d532aa87eef1..83970ba48807 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int ghes_estatus_pool_expand(unsigned long len)
 	 * New allocation must be visible in all pgd before it can be found by
 	 * an NMI allocating from the pool.
 	 */
-	vmalloc_sync_all();
+	vmalloc_sync_mappings();
 
 	return gen_pool_add(ghes_estatus_pool, addr, PAGE_ALIGN(len), -1);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 3bff87a25a42..ecc63f320a54 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ extern int remap_vmalloc_range_partial(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 extern int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
 							unsigned long pgoff);
-void vmalloc_sync_all(void);
- 
+void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void);
+void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void);
+
 /*
  *	Lowlevel-APIs (not for driver use!)
  */
diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index fd2c9acbcc19..0f70f1b6fdaa 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(notify_die);
 
 int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
-	vmalloc_sync_all();
+	vmalloc_sync_mappings();
 	return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&die_chain, nb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_die_notifier);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 2360546db065..b2adb43e4cb4 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -472,10 +472,14 @@ void vm_unmap_aliases(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_unmap_aliases);
 
 /*
- * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_all() if the architecture chose not to
- * have one.
+ * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_[un]mapping() if the architecture
+ * chose not to have one.
  */
-void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
+void __weak vmalloc_sync_mappings(void)
+{
+}
+
+void __weak vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index d118e59a2bef..c9e6fc6a5fef 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	 * First make sure the mappings are removed from all page-tables
 	 * before they are freed.
 	 */
-	vmalloc_sync_all();
+	vmalloc_sync_unmappings();
 
 	/*
 	 * In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED
@@ -2218,16 +2218,19 @@ int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range);
 
 /*
- * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_all() if the architecture chose not to
- * have one.
+ * Implement stubs for vmalloc_sync_[un]mappings () if the architecture chose
+ * not to have one.
  *
  * The purpose of this function is to make sure the vmalloc area
  * mappings are identical in all page-tables in the system.
  */
-void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
+void __weak vmalloc_sync_mappings(void)
 {
 }
 
+void __weak vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void)
+{
+}
 
 static int f(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t table, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {