diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 745a50f2d57d..6880085d3790 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		 * for an example see gup_get_pte in arch/x86/mm/gup.c
 		 */
 		pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
-		struct page *page;
+		struct page *head, *page;
 
 		/*
 		 * Similar to the PMD case below, NUMA hinting must take slow
@@ -1109,15 +1109,17 @@ 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(page))
+		if (!page_cache_get_speculative(head))
 			goto pte_unmap;
 
 		if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*ptep))) {
-			put_page(page);
+			put_page(head);
 			goto pte_unmap;
 		}
 
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound_head(page) != head, page);
 		pages[*nr] = page;
 		(*nr)++;