diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 8184451b57c0..422b7d84f686 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ bio_pageinc(struct bio *bio)
 		/* Non-zero page count for non-head members of
 		 * compound pages is no longer allowed by the kernel.
 		 */
-		page = compound_trans_head(bv.bv_page);
+		page = compound_head(bv.bv_page);
 		atomic_inc(&page->_count);
 	}
 }
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ bio_pagedec(struct bio *bio)
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
 
 	bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, iter) {
-		page = compound_trans_head(bv.bv_page);
+		page = compound_head(bv.bv_page);
 		atomic_dec(&page->_count);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
index 4fb7a8f83c8a..54af4e933695 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ static bool is_invalid_reserved_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
 	if (pfn_valid(pfn)) {
 		bool reserved;
 		struct page *tail = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-		struct page *head = compound_trans_head(tail);
+		struct page *head = compound_head(tail);
 		reserved = !!(PageReserved(head));
 		if (head != tail) {
 			/*
 			 * "head" is not a dangling pointer
-			 * (compound_trans_head takes care of that)
+			 * (compound_head takes care of that)
 			 * but the hugepage may have been split
 			 * from under us (and we may not hold a
 			 * reference count on the head page so it can
diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 02174a610315..e647c55275d9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -121,9 +121,8 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
 	 * just checks PG_head/PG_tail, so we need to check PageLRU/PageAnon
 	 * to make sure a given page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
 	 */
-	else if (PageTransCompound(page) &&
-		 (PageLRU(compound_trans_head(page)) ||
-		  PageAnon(compound_trans_head(page))))
+	else if (PageTransCompound(page) && (PageLRU(compound_head(page)) ||
+					     PageAnon(compound_head(page))))
 		u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index db512014e061..b826239bdce0 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -157,46 +157,6 @@ static inline int hpage_nr_pages(struct page *page)
 		return HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 	return 1;
 }
-/*
- * compound_trans_head() should be used instead of compound_head(),
- * whenever the "page" passed as parameter could be the tail of a
- * transparent hugepage that could be undergoing a
- * __split_huge_page_refcount(). The page structure layout often
- * changes across releases and it makes extensive use of unions. So if
- * the page structure layout will change in a way that
- * page->first_page gets clobbered by __split_huge_page_refcount, the
- * implementation making use of smp_rmb() will be required.
- *
- * Currently we define compound_trans_head as compound_head, because
- * page->private is in the same union with page->first_page, and
- * page->private isn't clobbered. However this also means we're
- * currently leaving dirt into the page->private field of anonymous
- * pages resulting from a THP split, instead of setting page->private
- * to zero like for every other page that has PG_private not set. But
- * anonymous pages don't use page->private so this is not a problem.
- */
-#if 0
-/* This will be needed if page->private will be clobbered in split_huge_page */
-static inline struct page *compound_trans_head(struct page *page)
-{
-	if (PageTail(page)) {
-		struct page *head;
-		head = page->first_page;
-		smp_rmb();
-		/*
-		 * head may be a dangling pointer.
-		 * __split_huge_page_refcount clears PageTail before
-		 * overwriting first_page, so if PageTail is still
-		 * there it means the head pointer isn't dangling.
-		 */
-		if (PageTail(page))
-			return head;
-	}
-	return page;
-}
-#else
-#define compound_trans_head(page) compound_head(page)
-#endif
 
 extern int do_huge_pmd_numa_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				unsigned long addr, pmd_t pmd, pmd_t *pmdp);
@@ -226,7 +186,6 @@ static inline int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	do { } while (0)
 #define split_huge_page_pmd_mm(__mm, __address, __pmd)	\
 	do { } while (0)
-#define compound_trans_head(page) compound_head(page)
 static inline int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				   unsigned long *vm_flags, int advice)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index f28f46eade6a..03ab3e58f511 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -399,8 +399,18 @@ static inline void compound_unlock_irqrestore(struct page *page,
 
 static inline struct page *compound_head(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (unlikely(PageTail(page)))
-		return page->first_page;
+	if (unlikely(PageTail(page))) {
+		struct page *head = page->first_page;
+
+		/*
+		 * page->first_page may be a dangling pointer to an old
+		 * compound page, so recheck that it is still a tail
+		 * page before returning.
+		 */
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (likely(PageTail(page)))
+			return head;
+	}
 	return page;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index aa4c7c7250c1..68710e80994a 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static void break_cow(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
 static struct page *page_trans_compound_anon(struct page *page)
 {
 	if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
-		struct page *head = compound_trans_head(page);
+		struct page *head = compound_head(page);
 		/*
 		 * head may actually be splitted and freed from under
 		 * us but it's ok here.
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 2f2f34a4e77d..90002ea43638 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	struct page *hpage = compound_trans_head(page);
+	struct page *hpage = compound_head(page);
 
 	if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
 		pr_info("soft offline: %#lx page already poisoned\n", pfn);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e3758a09a009..3d1bf889465a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -369,9 +369,11 @@ 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;
+		/* Make sure p->first_page is always valid for PageTail() */
+		smp_wmb();
+		__SetPageTail(p);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index b31ba67d440a..0092097b3f4c 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void put_compound_page(struct page *page)
 	}
 
 	/* __split_huge_page_refcount can run under us */
-	page_head = compound_trans_head(page);
+	page_head = compound_head(page);
 
 	/*
 	 * THP can not break up slab pages so avoid taking
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ bool __get_page_tail(struct page *page)
 	 */
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool got;
-	struct page *page_head = compound_trans_head(page);
+	struct page *page_head = compound_head(page);
 
 	/* Ref to put_compound_page() comment. */
 	if (!__compound_tail_refcounted(page_head)) {