diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ee0302169959..c1f3c0be150a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ static void destroy_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page,
 	int nr_pages = 1 << order;
 	struct page *p = page + 1;
 
+	atomic_set(compound_mapcount_ptr(page), 0);
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++, p = mem_map_next(p, page, i)) {
 		clear_compound_head(p);
 		set_page_refcounted(p);