diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index f8a631047379..953d519e799c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 					/* Is this the right get_block? */
 }
 
+static int ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+						pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return dax_pmd_fault(vma, addr, pmd, flags, ext4_get_block_write,
+				ext4_end_io_unwritten);
+}
+
 static int ext4_dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	return dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, ext4_get_block, ext4_end_io_unwritten);
@@ -218,6 +225,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext4_dax_fault,
+	.pmd_fault	= ext4_dax_pmd_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_mkwrite,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
@@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ static int ext4_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	file_accessed(file);
 	if (IS_DAX(file_inode(file))) {
 		vma->vm_ops = &ext4_dax_vm_ops;
-		vma->vm_flags |= VM_MIXEDMAP;
+		vma->vm_flags |= VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_HUGEPAGE;
 	} else {
 		vma->vm_ops = &ext4_file_vm_ops;
 	}