diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 00677b5e1d7d..e224a94e6a1b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	if (len > task_size)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
+		if (prepare_hugepage_range(addr, len, pgoff))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		return addr;
+	}
+
 	if (addr) {
 		addr = ALIGN(addr, HPAGE_SIZE);
 		vma = find_vma(mm, addr);