1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
index d7efdbf640c7..fec13200868f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 
 #ifdef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL
 
+static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
+{
+        /*
+         * __split_huge_page_refcount() cannot run
+         * from under us.
+         */
+        VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page->_count) < 0);
+        atomic_inc(&page->_count);
+}
+
 /*
  * The performance critical leaf functions are made noinline otherwise gcc
  * inlines everything into a single function which results in too much
@@ -47,6 +57,8 @@ static noinline int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
                         put_page(page);
                         return 0;
                 }
+                if (PageTail(page))
+                        get_huge_page_tail(page);
                 pages[*nr] = page;
                 (*nr)++;