diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 0a5374e6e82daa5e257229148c2c35e7b1548562..caadd31714a544411a915babd954867453576f2b 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 
 	if (flags & FOLL_GET) {
-		get_page(page);
+		if (unlikely(!try_get_page(page))) {
+			page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/* drop the pgmap reference now that we hold the page */
 		if (pgmap) {
@@ -296,7 +299,10 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
 				ret = -EBUSY;
 		} else {
-			get_page(page);
+			if (unlikely(!try_get_page(page))) {
+				spin_unlock(ptl);
+				return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			}
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
 			lock_page(page);
 			ret = split_huge_page(page);
@@ -480,7 +486,10 @@ static int get_gate_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		if (is_device_public_page(*page))
 			goto unmap;
 	}
-	get_page(*page);
+	if (unlikely(!try_get_page(*page))) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unmap;
+	}
 out:
 	ret = 0;
 unmap:
@@ -1368,6 +1377,20 @@ static void undo_dev_pagemap(int *nr, int nr_start, struct page **pages)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * 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(page_ref_count(head) < 0))
+		return NULL;
+	if (unlikely(!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)))
+		return NULL;
+	return head;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			 int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
@@ -1402,9 +1425,9 @@ 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);
-		head = compound_head(page);
 
-		if (!page_cache_get_speculative(head))
+		head = try_get_compound_head(page, 1);
+		if (!head)
 			goto pte_unmap;
 
 		if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*ptep))) {
@@ -1543,8 +1566,8 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -1581,8 +1604,8 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -1618,8 +1641,8 @@ 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 9e5f66cbf711c032c9db3eadb3c428b90c742c72..5fb779cda972cc781d3f222016dc6e42c8e89dbe 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4299,6 +4299,19 @@ 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()' 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);