diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 0365aa97f8e7..ff55be011739 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 extern vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_numa_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd);
 
 extern struct page *huge_zero_page;
+extern unsigned long huge_zero_pfn;
 
 static inline bool is_huge_zero_page(struct page *page)
 {
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ static inline bool is_huge_zero_page(struct page *page)
 
 static inline bool is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-	return is_huge_zero_page(pmd_page(pmd));
+	return READ_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn) == pmd_pfn(pmd) && pmd_present(pmd);
 }
 
 static inline bool is_huge_zero_pud(pud_t pud)
@@ -451,6 +452,11 @@ static inline bool is_huge_zero_page(struct page *page)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool is_huge_zero_pud(pud_t pud)
 {
 	return false;
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index be0ad6f7981e..7d8159be4736 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static struct shrinker deferred_split_shrinker;
 
 static atomic_t huge_zero_refcount;
 struct page *huge_zero_page __read_mostly;
+unsigned long huge_zero_pfn __read_mostly = ~0UL;
 
 bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ retry:
 		__free_pages(zero_page, compound_order(zero_page));
 		goto retry;
 	}
+	WRITE_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn, page_to_pfn(zero_page));
 
 	/* We take additional reference here. It will be put back by shrinker */
 	atomic_set(&huge_zero_refcount, 2);
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_huge_zero_page_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&huge_zero_refcount, 1, 0) == 1) {
 		struct page *zero_page = xchg(&huge_zero_page, NULL);
 		BUG_ON(zero_page == NULL);
+		WRITE_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn, ~0UL);
 		__free_pages(zero_page, compound_order(zero_page));
 		return HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 	}
@@ -2058,7 +2061,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) && is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) {
+	if (is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) {
 		/*
 		 * FIXME: Do we want to invalidate secondary mmu by calling
 		 * mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() see comments below inside