diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 806741bbe4a6..f7c08e169e42 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,24 @@ whole_folios:
 				}
 				VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_writeback(folio),
 						folio);
-				truncate_inode_folio(mapping, folio);
+
+				if (!folio_test_large(folio)) {
+					truncate_inode_folio(mapping, folio);
+				} else if (truncate_inode_partial_folio(folio, lstart, lend)) {
+					/*
+					 * If we split a page, reset the loop so
+					 * that we pick up the new sub pages.
+					 * Otherwise the THP was entirely
+					 * dropped or the target range was
+					 * zeroed, so just continue the loop as
+					 * is.
+					 */
+					if (!folio_test_large(folio)) {
+						folio_unlock(folio);
+						index = start;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			index = folio->index + folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;
 			folio_unlock(folio);