diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bb28a5f9db8d..73f17c0293c0 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ static void prep_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	__SetPageHead(page);
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++, p = mem_map_next(p, page, i)) {
 		__SetPageTail(p);
+		set_page_count(p, 0);
 		p->first_page = page;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9dd443d89d8b..850009a7101e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	__SetPageHead(page);
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *p = page + i;
-
 		__SetPageTail(p);
+		set_page_count(p, 0);
 		p->first_page = page;
 	}
 }