diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index a7d6bd2a918f..b6c3540e07bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -137,9 +137,15 @@ extern int shmem_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, pmd_t *dst_pmd,
 				  unsigned long dst_addr,
 				  unsigned long src_addr,
 				  struct page **pagep);
+extern int shmem_mfill_zeropage_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
+				    pmd_t *dst_pmd,
+				    struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
+				    unsigned long dst_addr);
 #else
 #define shmem_mcopy_atomic_pte(dst_mm, dst_pte, dst_vma, dst_addr, \
 			       src_addr, pagep)        ({ BUG(); 0; })
+#define shmem_mfill_zeropage_pte(dst_mm, dst_pmd, dst_vma, \
+				 dst_addr)      ({ BUG(); 0; })
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b7d84c4f2a5c..64bdc91187f7 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2207,12 +2207,13 @@ bool shmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return mapping->a_ops == &shmem_aops;
 }
 
-int shmem_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
-			   pmd_t *dst_pmd,
-			   struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
-			   unsigned long dst_addr,
-			   unsigned long src_addr,
-			   struct page **pagep)
+static int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
+				  pmd_t *dst_pmd,
+				  struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
+				  unsigned long dst_addr,
+				  unsigned long src_addr,
+				  bool zeropage,
+				  struct page **pagep)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(dst_vma->vm_file);
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
@@ -2235,17 +2236,22 @@ int shmem_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 		if (!page)
 			goto out_unacct_blocks;
 
-		page_kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
-		ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr, (const void __user *)src_addr,
-				     PAGE_SIZE);
-		kunmap_atomic(page_kaddr);
+		if (!zeropage) {	/* mcopy_atomic */
+			page_kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
+			ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr,
+					     (const void __user *)src_addr,
+					     PAGE_SIZE);
+			kunmap_atomic(page_kaddr);
 
-		/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_sem */
-		if (unlikely(ret)) {
-			*pagep = page;
-			shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(inode, 1);
-			/* don't free the page */
-			return -EFAULT;
+			/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_sem */
+			if (unlikely(ret)) {
+				*pagep = page;
+				shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(inode, 1);
+				/* don't free the page */
+				return -EFAULT;
+			}
+		} else {		/* mfill_zeropage_atomic */
+			clear_highpage(page);
 		}
 	} else {
 		page = *pagep;
@@ -2311,6 +2317,28 @@ out_unacct_blocks:
 	goto out;
 }
 
+int shmem_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
+			   pmd_t *dst_pmd,
+			   struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
+			   unsigned long dst_addr,
+			   unsigned long src_addr,
+			   struct page **pagep)
+{
+	return shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(dst_mm, dst_pmd, dst_vma,
+				      dst_addr, src_addr, false, pagep);
+}
+
+int shmem_mfill_zeropage_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
+			     pmd_t *dst_pmd,
+			     struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
+			     unsigned long dst_addr)
+{
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+
+	return shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(dst_mm, dst_pmd, dst_vma,
+				      dst_addr, 0, true, &page);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_short_symlink_operations;