diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e17669d4f72f..f2bc6dd15eb8 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3498,6 +3498,16 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_shared(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct folio *folio)
 static bool wp_can_reuse_anon_folio(struct folio *folio,
 				    struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	/*
+	 * We could currently only reuse a subpage of a large folio if no
+	 * other subpages of the large folios are still mapped. However,
+	 * let's just consistently not reuse subpages even if we could
+	 * reuse in that scenario, and give back a large folio a bit
+	 * sooner.
+	 */
+	if (folio_test_large(folio))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * We have to verify under folio lock: these early checks are
 	 * just an optimization to avoid locking the folio and freeing