diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 5f7f9dace354..973434eff9dc 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -489,14 +489,33 @@ static int queue_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	struct page *page;
 	struct queue_pages *qp = walk->private;
 	unsigned long flags = qp->flags;
-	int nid;
+	int nid, ret;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
-	split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr);
-	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
-		return 0;
+	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
+		ptl = pmd_lock(walk->mm, pmd);
+		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
+			page = pmd_page(*pmd);
+			if (is_huge_zero_page(page)) {
+				spin_unlock(ptl);
+				split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr);
+			} else {
+				get_page(page);
+				spin_unlock(ptl);
+				lock_page(page);
+				ret = split_huge_page(page);
+				unlock_page(page);
+				put_page(page);
+				if (ret)
+					return 0;
+			}
+		} else {
+			spin_unlock(ptl);
+		}
+	}
 
+retry:
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		if (!pte_present(*pte))
@@ -513,6 +532,21 @@ static int queue_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		nid = page_to_nid(page);
 		if (node_isset(nid, *qp->nmask) == !!(flags & MPOL_MF_INVERT))
 			continue;
+		if (PageTail(page) && PageAnon(page)) {
+			get_page(page);
+			pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+			lock_page(page);
+			ret = split_huge_page(page);
+			unlock_page(page);
+			put_page(page);
+			/* Failed to split -- skip. */
+			if (ret) {
+				pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd,
+						addr, &ptl);
+				continue;
+			}
+			goto retry;
+		}
 
 		if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
 			migrate_page_add(page, qp->pagelist, flags);