diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 2f8bf7a71c745a3e64fd058a0b7574d9603c26c8..7763abd16405521e8607a0de2a74469a65231c34 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,8 @@ static int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 		refs++;
 	} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
-	if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+	head = try_get_compound_head(head, refs);
+	if (!head) {
 		*nr -= refs;
 		return 0;
 	}