diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index 7ad41be8b373..4f7dad36b3c1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ static inline int gup_pte_range(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 			return 0;
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
 		page = pte_page(pte);
-		if (!page_cache_get_speculative(page))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_ref_count(page) < 0)
+		    || !page_cache_get_speculative(page))
 			return 0;
 		if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*ptep))) {
 			put_page(page);
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ static inline int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		refs++;
 	} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
-	if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_ref_count(head) < 0)
+	    || !page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
 		*nr -= refs;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index 7d2542ad346a..6612d532e42e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ static noinline int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
 		page = pte_page(pte);
-		get_page(page);
+		if (unlikely(!try_get_page(page))) {
+			pte_unmap(ptep);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		SetPageReferenced(page);
 		pages[*nr] = page;
 		(*nr)++;
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ static noinline int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 
 	refs = 0;
 	head = pmd_page(pmd);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_ref_count(head) <= 0))
+		return 0;
 	page = head + ((addr & ~PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	do {
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound_head(page) != head, page);
@@ -208,6 +213,8 @@ static noinline int gup_huge_pud(pud_t pud, unsigned long addr,
 
 	refs = 0;
 	head = pud_page(pud);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_ref_count(head) <= 0))
+		return 0;
 	page = head + ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	do {
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound_head(page) != head, page);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5127c63c6bd9..69fa3df9e712 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -488,6 +488,11 @@ static inline void get_huge_page_tail(struct page *page)
 
 extern bool __get_page_tail(struct page *page);
 
+static inline int page_ref_count(struct page *page)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&page->_count);
+}
+
 /* 127: arbitrary random number, small enough to assemble well */
 #define page_ref_zero_or_close_to_overflow(page) \
 	((unsigned int) atomic_read(&page->_count) + 127u <= 127u)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 71e9d0093a35..4c5857889e9d 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -126,8 +126,12 @@ retry:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (flags & FOLL_GET)
-		get_page_foll(page);
+	if (flags & FOLL_GET) {
+		if (unlikely(!try_get_page_foll(page))) {
+			page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) {
 		if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) &&
 		    !pte_dirty(pte) && !PageDirty(page))
@@ -289,7 +293,10 @@ static int get_gate_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 			goto unmap;
 		*page = pte_page(*pte);
 	}
-	get_page(*page);
+	if (unlikely(!try_get_page(*page))) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unmap;
+	}
 out:
 	ret = 0;
 unmap:
@@ -1053,6 +1060,20 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_RCU_GUP
 
+/*
+ * Return the compund head page with ref appropriately incremented,
+ * or NULL if that failed.
+ */
+static inline struct page *try_get_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
+{
+	struct page *head = compound_head(page);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&head->_count) < 0))
+		return NULL;
+	if (unlikely(!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)))
+		return NULL;
+	return head;
+}
+
 #ifdef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL
 static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			 int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
@@ -1083,6 +1104,9 @@ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
 		page = pte_page(pte);
 
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_ref_count(page) < 0))
+			goto pte_unmap;
+
 		if (!page_cache_get_speculative(page))
 			goto pte_unmap;
 
@@ -1139,8 +1163,8 @@ static int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t orig, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 		refs++;
 	} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
-	head = compound_head(pmd_page(orig));
-	if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+	head = try_get_compound_head(pmd_page(orig), refs);
+	if (!head) {
 		*nr -= refs;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1185,8 +1209,8 @@ static int gup_huge_pud(pud_t orig, pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr,
 		refs++;
 	} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
-	head = compound_head(pud_page(orig));
-	if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+	head = try_get_compound_head(pud_page(orig), refs);
+	if (!head) {
 		*nr -= refs;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1227,8 +1251,8 @@ static int gup_huge_pgd(pgd_t orig, pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long addr,
 		refs++;
 	} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
-	head = compound_head(pgd_page(orig));
-	if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+	head = try_get_compound_head(pgd_page(orig), refs);
+	if (!head) {
 		*nr -= refs;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index fd932e7a25dd..3a1501e85483 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3886,6 +3886,7 @@ long follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long vaddr = *position;
 	unsigned long remainder = *nr_pages;
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
+	int err = -EFAULT;
 
 	while (vaddr < vma->vm_end && remainder) {
 		pte_t *pte;
@@ -3957,6 +3958,19 @@ long follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 		pfn_offset = (vaddr & ~huge_page_mask(h)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		page = pte_page(huge_ptep_get(pte));
+
+		/*
+		 * Instead of doing 'try_get_page_foll()' below in the same_page
+		 * loop, just check the count once here.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(page_count(page) <= 0)) {
+			if (pages) {
+				spin_unlock(ptl);
+				remainder = 0;
+				err = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 same_page:
 		if (pages) {
 			pages[i] = mem_map_offset(page, pfn_offset);
@@ -3983,7 +3997,7 @@ same_page:
 	*nr_pages = remainder;
 	*position = vaddr;
 
-	return i ? i : -EFAULT;
+	return i ? i : err;
 }
 
 unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,