diff --git a/kernel/process.c b/kernel/process.c
index e7b7005a..ad9aade5 100644
--- a/kernel/process.c
+++ b/kernel/process.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ static int invalidate_one_page(void *arg0, page_table_t pt, pte_t *ptep,
 	struct page *page;
 	off_t linear_off;
 	pte_t apte;
+	size_t memobj_pgsize;
 
 	dkprintf("invalidate_one_page(%p,%p,%p %#lx,%p,%d)\n",
 			arg0, pt, ptep, *ptep, pgaddr, pgshift);
@@ -1715,7 +1716,8 @@ static int invalidate_one_page(void *arg0, page_table_t pt, pte_t *ptep,
 			pte_make_null(&apte, pgsize);
 		}
 		else {
-			pte_make_fileoff(page->offset, 0, pgsize, &apte);
+			pte_make_fileoff(page->offset, 0, pgsize,
+					 &apte);
 		}
 	} else {
 		pte_make_null(&apte, pgsize);
@@ -1724,11 +1726,27 @@ static int invalidate_one_page(void *arg0, page_table_t pt, pte_t *ptep,
 	pte_xchg(ptep, &apte);
 	flush_tlb_single((uintptr_t)pgaddr);	/* XXX: TLB flush */
 
+	/* Contiguous PTE head invalidates memobj->pgshift-sized
+	 * memory for other members
+	 */
+	if (pte_is_contiguous(&apte)) {
+		if (page_is_contiguous_head(ptep, pgsize)) {
+			int level = pgsize_to_tbllv(pgsize);
+
+			memobj_pgsize = tbllv_to_contpgsize(level);
+		} else {
+			error = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	} else {
+		memobj_pgsize = pgsize;
+	}
+
 	if (page && page_unmap(page)) {
 		panic("invalidate_one_page");
 	}
 
-	error = memobj_invalidate_page(range->memobj, phys, pgsize);
+	error = memobj_invalidate_page(range->memobj, phys, memobj_pgsize);
 	if (error) {
 		ekprintf("invalidate_one_page(%p,%p,%p %#lx,%p,%d):"
 				"invalidate failed. %d\n",
@@ -1795,9 +1813,16 @@ int invalidate_process_memory_range(struct process_vm *vm,
 		}
 	}
 
-	error = visit_pte_range(vm->address_space->page_table, (void *)start,
-	                        (void *)end, range->pgshift, VPTEF_SKIP_NULL,
-	                        &invalidate_one_page, &args);
+	if (range->memobj->flags & MF_SHM) {
+		error = ihk_mc_pt_free_range(vm->address_space->page_table,
+					     vm, (void *)start, (void *)end,
+					     range->memobj);
+	} else {
+		error = visit_pte_range(vm->address_space->page_table,
+					(void *)start, (void *)end,
+					range->pgshift, VPTEF_SKIP_NULL,
+					&invalidate_one_page, &args);
+	}
 	memobj_unref(range->memobj);
 	ihk_mc_spinlock_unlock_noirq(&vm->page_table_lock);
 	if (error) {
diff --git a/kernel/shmobj.c b/kernel/shmobj.c
index 01cdf134..626505f4 100644
--- a/kernel/shmobj.c
+++ b/kernel/shmobj.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static memobj_lookup_page_func_t shmobj_lookup_page;
 static struct memobj_ops shmobj_ops = {
 	.free =	&shmobj_free,
 	.get_page =	&shmobj_get_page,
-	.invalidate_page =	&shmobj_invalidate_page,
 	.lookup_page =	&shmobj_lookup_page,
 };
 
@@ -440,44 +439,6 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int shmobj_invalidate_page(struct memobj *memobj, uintptr_t phys,
-		size_t pgsize)
-{
-	struct shmobj *obj = to_shmobj(memobj);
-	int error;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	dkprintf("shmobj_invalidate_page(%p,%#lx,%#lx)\n", memobj, phys, pgsize);
-
-	page_list_lock(obj);
-	if (!(page = phys_to_page(phys))
-			|| !(page = page_list_lookup(obj, page->offset))) {
-		page_list_unlock(obj);
-		error = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	page_list_unlock(obj);
-
-	if (ihk_atomic_read(&page->count) == 1) {
-		if (page_unmap(page)) {
-			ihk_mc_free_pages_user(phys_to_virt(phys),
-			                       pgsize/PAGE_SIZE);
-			/* Track change in page->count for shmobj. 
-			 * It is decremented in here or shmobj_destroy() or
-			 * clear_range().
-			 */
-			dkprintf("%lx-,%s: calling memory_stat_rss_sub(),phys=%lx,size=%ld,pgsize=%ld\n",
-				 phys, __func__, phys, pgsize, pgsize);
-			memory_stat_rss_sub(pgsize, pgsize);
-		}
-	}
-
-	error = 0;
-out:
-	dkprintf("shmobj_invalidate_page(%p,%#lx,%#lx):%d\n", memobj, phys, pgsize, error);
-	return error;
-}
-
 static int shmobj_lookup_page(struct memobj *memobj, off_t off, int p2align,
 		uintptr_t *physp, unsigned long *pflag)
 {