diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 031fca1a7c65..b63336f6984c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1684,8 +1684,12 @@ int vma_wants_writenotify(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgprot_t vm_page_prot)
 	    pgprot_val(vm_pgprot_modify(vm_page_prot, vm_flags)))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Do we need to track softdirty? */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY) && !(vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))
+	/*
+	 * Do we need to track softdirty? hugetlb does not support softdirty
+	 * tracking yet.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY) && !(vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY) &&
+	    !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
 		return 1;
 
 	/* Specialty mapping? */