diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index f01427c79947f3a4a58576a4a6f0f82b745cdc90..c92a1f0c72400e56381eb9f588bb8043019cd69c 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
 int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *addr, pte_t *ptep);
 struct page *follow_huge_addr(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 			      int write);
+struct page *follow_huge_pd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			    unsigned long address, hugepd_t hpd,
+			    int flags, int pdshift);
 struct page *follow_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 				pmd_t *pmd, int flags);
 struct page *follow_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ static inline void hugetlb_report_meminfo(struct seq_file *m)
 static inline void hugetlb_show_meminfo(void)
 {
 }
+#define follow_huge_pd(vma, addr, hpd, flags, pdshift) NULL
 #define follow_huge_pmd(mm, addr, pmd, flags)	NULL
 #define follow_huge_pud(mm, addr, pud, flags)	NULL
 #define follow_huge_pgd(mm, addr, pgd, flags)	NULL
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index fe95a37a417256be4463105832614fbd892106ec..9e472cb835b5195af0cfe208a040ec864c8202e1 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			return page;
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 	}
+	if (is_hugepd(__hugepd(pmd_val(*pmd)))) {
+		page = follow_huge_pd(vma, address,
+				      __hugepd(pmd_val(*pmd)), flags,
+				      PMD_SHIFT);
+		if (page)
+			return page;
+		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
+	}
 	if (pmd_devmap(*pmd)) {
 		ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
 		page = follow_devmap_pmd(vma, address, pmd, flags);
@@ -292,6 +300,14 @@ static struct page *follow_pud_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			return page;
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 	}
+	if (is_hugepd(__hugepd(pud_val(*pud)))) {
+		page = follow_huge_pd(vma, address,
+				      __hugepd(pud_val(*pud)), flags,
+				      PUD_SHIFT);
+		if (page)
+			return page;
+		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
+	}
 	if (pud_devmap(*pud)) {
 		ptl = pud_lock(mm, pud);
 		page = follow_devmap_pud(vma, address, pud, flags);
@@ -311,6 +327,7 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				    unsigned int flags, unsigned int *page_mask)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d;
+	struct page *page;
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgdp, address);
 	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
@@ -319,6 +336,14 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (unlikely(p4d_bad(*p4d)))
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 
+	if (is_hugepd(__hugepd(p4d_val(*p4d)))) {
+		page = follow_huge_pd(vma, address,
+				      __hugepd(p4d_val(*p4d)), flags,
+				      P4D_SHIFT);
+		if (page)
+			return page;
+		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
+	}
 	return follow_pud_mask(vma, address, p4d, flags, page_mask);
 }
 
@@ -363,6 +388,14 @@ struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			return page;
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 	}
+	if (is_hugepd(__hugepd(pgd_val(*pgd)))) {
+		page = follow_huge_pd(vma, address,
+				      __hugepd(pgd_val(*pgd)), flags,
+				      PGDIR_SHIFT);
+		if (page)
+			return page;
+		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
+	}
 
 	return follow_p4d_mask(vma, address, pgd, flags, page_mask);
 }
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a446869aa7f10158f0ae75e7a6e48075c203b547..33263734255552911b6fb00d112c52de7be0b97a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4668,6 +4668,14 @@ follow_huge_addr(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
+struct page * __weak
+follow_huge_pd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+	       unsigned long address, hugepd_t hpd, int flags, int pdshift)
+{
+	WARN(1, "hugepd follow called with no support for hugepage directory format\n");
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct page * __weak
 follow_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		pmd_t *pmd, int flags)