diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 691f226..0b7656e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -696,8 +696,22 @@
 	/* we rely on prep_new_huge_page to set the destructor */
 	set_compound_order(page, order);
 	__SetPageHead(page);
+	__ClearPageReserved(page);
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++, p = mem_map_next(p, page, i)) {
 		__SetPageTail(p);
+		/*
+		 * For gigantic hugepages allocated through bootmem at
+		 * boot, it's safer to be consistent with the not-gigantic
+		 * hugepages and clear the PG_reserved bit from all tail pages
+		 * too.  Otherwse drivers using get_user_pages() to access tail
+		 * pages may get the reference counting wrong if they see
+		 * PG_reserved set on a tail page (despite the head page not
+		 * having PG_reserved set).  Enforcing this consistency between
+		 * head and tail pages allows drivers to optimize away a check
+		 * on the head page when they need know if put_page() is needed
+		 * after get_user_pages().
+		 */
+		__ClearPageReserved(p);
 		set_page_count(p, 0);
 		p->first_page = page;
 	}
@@ -1330,9 +1344,9 @@
 #else
 		page = virt_to_page(m);
 #endif
-		__ClearPageReserved(page);
 		WARN_ON(page_count(page) != 1);
 		prep_compound_huge_page(page, h->order);
+		WARN_ON(PageReserved(page));
 		prep_new_huge_page(h, page, page_to_nid(page));
 		/*
 		 * If we had gigantic hugepages allocated at boot time, we need