diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index ee25f5ba4aca..33664f70e2d2 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ get_futex_key(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared, union futex_key *key, int rw)
 {
 	unsigned long address = (unsigned long)uaddr;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page, *tail;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int err, ro = 0;
 
@@ -530,7 +530,15 @@ again:
 	 * considered here and page lock forces unnecessarily serialization
 	 * From this point on, mapping will be re-verified if necessary and
 	 * page lock will be acquired only if it is unavoidable
+	 *
+	 * Mapping checks require the head page for any compound page so the
+	 * head page and mapping is looked up now. For anonymous pages, it
+	 * does not matter if the page splits in the future as the key is
+	 * based on the address. For filesystem-backed pages, the tail is
+	 * required as the index of the page determines the key. For
+	 * base pages, there is no tail page and tail == page.
 	 */
+	tail = page;
 	page = compound_head(page);
 	mapping = READ_ONCE(page->mapping);
 
@@ -654,7 +662,7 @@ again:
 
 		key->both.offset |= FUT_OFF_INODE; /* inode-based key */
 		key->shared.inode = inode;
-		key->shared.pgoff = basepage_index(page);
+		key->shared.pgoff = basepage_index(tail);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}