diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
index 33c79b6105c5..b26dbc48c75b 100644
--- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
+++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
@@ -306,8 +306,10 @@ static int create_image(int platform_mode)
 	if (error)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "PM: Error %d creating hibernation image\n",
 			error);
-	if (!in_suspend)
+	if (!in_suspend) {
 		events_check_enabled = false;
+		clear_free_pages();
+	}
 
 	platform_leave(platform_mode);
 
@@ -1189,22 +1191,6 @@ static int __init nohibernate_setup(char *str)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int __init page_poison_nohibernate_setup(char *str)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
-	/*
-	 * The zeroing option for page poison skips the checks on alloc.
-	 * since hibernation doesn't save free pages there's no way to
-	 * guarantee the pages will still be zeroed.
-	 */
-	if (!strcmp(str, "on")) {
-		pr_info("Disabling hibernation due to page poisoning\n");
-		return nohibernate_setup(str);
-	}
-#endif
-	return 1;
-}
-
 __setup("noresume", noresume_setup);
 __setup("resume_offset=", resume_offset_setup);
 __setup("resume=", resume_setup);
@@ -1212,4 +1198,3 @@ __setup("hibernate=", hibernate_setup);
 __setup("resumewait", resumewait_setup);
 __setup("resumedelay=", resumedelay_setup);
 __setup("nohibernate", nohibernate_setup);
-__setup("page_poison=", page_poison_nohibernate_setup);
diff --git a/kernel/power/power.h b/kernel/power/power.h
index 242d8b827dd5..56d1d0dedf76 100644
--- a/kernel/power/power.h
+++ b/kernel/power/power.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ extern int create_basic_memory_bitmaps(void);
 extern void free_basic_memory_bitmaps(void);
 extern int hibernate_preallocate_memory(void);
 
+extern void clear_free_pages(void);
+
 /**
  *	Auxiliary structure used for reading the snapshot image data and
  *	metadata from and writing them to the list of page backup entries
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index b02228411d57..4f0f0604f1c4 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,28 @@ void free_basic_memory_bitmaps(void)
 	pr_debug("PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed\n");
 }
 
+void clear_free_pages(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
+	struct memory_bitmap *bm = free_pages_map;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!(free_pages_map)))
+		return;
+
+	memory_bm_position_reset(bm);
+	pfn = memory_bm_next_pfn(bm);
+	while (pfn != BM_END_OF_MAP) {
+		if (pfn_valid(pfn))
+			clear_highpage(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+
+		pfn = memory_bm_next_pfn(bm);
+	}
+	memory_bm_position_reset(bm);
+	pr_info("PM: free pages cleared after restore\n");
+#endif /* PAGE_POISONING_ZERO */
+}
+
 /**
  * snapshot_additional_pages - Estimate the number of extra pages needed.
  * @zone: Memory zone to carry out the computation for.
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 22f4cd96acb0..afcc550877ff 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ config PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
 	   no longer necessary to write zeros when GFP_ZERO is used on
 	   allocation.
 
-	   Enabling page poisoning with this option will disable hibernation
-
 	   If unsure, say N
 	bool