diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index dac7f9b98687..1948d592aa54 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int ceph_tcp_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct kvec *iov,
 	return r;
 }
 
-static int ceph_tcp_sendpage(struct socket *sock, struct page *page,
+static int __ceph_tcp_sendpage(struct socket *sock, struct page *page,
 		     int offset, size_t size, bool more)
 {
 	int flags = MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_NOSIGNAL | (more ? MSG_MORE : MSG_EOR);
@@ -570,6 +570,24 @@ static int ceph_tcp_sendpage(struct socket *sock, struct page *page,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ceph_tcp_sendpage(struct socket *sock, struct page *page,
+		     int offset, size_t size, bool more)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct kvec iov;
+
+	/* sendpage cannot properly handle pages with page_count == 0,
+	 * we need to fallback to sendmsg if that's the case */
+	if (page_count(page) >= 1)
+		return __ceph_tcp_sendpage(sock, page, offset, size, more);
+
+	iov.iov_base = kmap(page) + offset;
+	iov.iov_len = size;
+	ret = ceph_tcp_sendmsg(sock, &iov, 1, size, more);
+	kunmap(page);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 
 /*
  * Shutdown/close the socket for the given connection.