#define VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH     BIT(0)
 /* Skip the TLB flush when we remap the PTE */
 #define VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH     BIT(1)
+/* synchronize_rcu() to avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() */
+#define VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU                BIT(2)
        unsigned long           flags;
 };
 
        if (!folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio))
                return 0;
 
+       if (flags & VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU)
+               synchronize_rcu();
+
        vmemmap_end     = vmemmap_start + hugetlb_vmemmap_size(h);
        vmemmap_reuse   = vmemmap_start;
        vmemmap_start   += HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE;
  */
 int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio)
 {
-       /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while unfolding vmemmap */
-       synchronize_rcu();
-
-       return __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio, 0);
+       return __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio, VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU);
 }
 
 /**
        struct folio *folio, *t_folio;
        long restored = 0;
        long ret = 0;
-
-       /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while unfolding vmemmap */
-       synchronize_rcu();
+       unsigned long flags = VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH | VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU;
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, folio_list, lru) {
                if (folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) {
-                       ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio,
-                                                             VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH);
+                       ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio, flags);
+                       /* only need to synchronize_rcu() once for each batch */
+                       flags &= ~VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU;
+
                        if (ret)
                                break;
                        restored++;
                return ret;
 
        static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
+
+       if (flags & VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU)
+               synchronize_rcu();
        /*
         * Very Subtle
         * If VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH is set, TLB flushing is not performed
 {
        LIST_HEAD(vmemmap_pages);
 
-       /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while folding vmemmap */
-       synchronize_rcu();
-
-       __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages, 0);
+       __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages, VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU);
        free_vmemmap_page_list(&vmemmap_pages);
 }
 
 {
        struct folio *folio;
        LIST_HEAD(vmemmap_pages);
+       unsigned long flags = VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH | VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU;
 
        list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru) {
                int ret = hugetlb_vmemmap_split_folio(h, folio);
 
        flush_tlb_all();
 
-       /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while folding vmemmap */
-       synchronize_rcu();
-
        list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru) {
                int ret;
 
-               ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages,
-                                                      VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH);
+               ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages, flags);
+               /* only need to synchronize_rcu() once for each batch */
+               flags &= ~VMEMMAP_SYNCHRONIZE_RCU;
 
                /*
                 * Pages to be freed may have been accumulated.  If we
                        flush_tlb_all();
                        free_vmemmap_page_list(&vmemmap_pages);
                        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vmemmap_pages);
-                       __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages,
-                                                        VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH);
+                       __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages, flags);
                }
        }