diff --git a/src/page/flush.rs b/src/page/flush.rs
index 9aae51f599..5dedf6afae 100644
--- a/src/page/flush.rs
+++ b/src/page/flush.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ use crate::{
     VirtualAddress,
 };
 
+pub trait Flusher<A> {
+    fn consume(&mut self, flush: PageFlush<A>);
+}
+
 #[must_use = "The page table must be flushed, or the changes unsafely ignored"]
 pub struct PageFlush<A> {
     virt: VirtualAddress,
@@ -43,10 +47,6 @@ impl <A: Arch> PageFlushAll<A> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn consume(&self, flush: PageFlush<A>) {
-        unsafe { flush.ignore(); }
-    }
-
     pub fn flush(self) {
         unsafe { A::invalidate_all(); }
     }
@@ -55,3 +55,16 @@ impl <A: Arch> PageFlushAll<A> {
         mem::forget(self);
     }
 }
+impl<A: Arch> Flusher<A> for PageFlushAll<A> {
+    fn consume(&mut self, flush: PageFlush<A>) {
+        unsafe { flush.ignore(); }
+    }
+}
+impl<A: Arch, T: Flusher<A> + ?Sized> Flusher<A> for &mut T {
+    fn consume(&mut self, flush: PageFlush<A>) {
+        <T as Flusher<A>>::consume(self, flush)
+    }
+}
+impl<A: Arch> Flusher<A> for () {
+    fn consume(&mut self, _: PageFlush<A>) {}
+}