diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax.c b/drivers/dax/dax.c
index 0261f332bf3e..922ec461dcaa 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/dax.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static phys_addr_t pgoff_to_phys(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int __dax_dev_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int __dax_dev_pte_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &dax_dev->dev;
 	struct dax_region *dax_region;
@@ -455,23 +455,6 @@ static int __dax_dev_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 }
 
-static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
-{
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
-	int rc;
-	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
-	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = filp->private_data;
-
-	dev_dbg(&dax_dev->dev, "%s: %s: %s (%#lx - %#lx)\n", __func__,
-			current->comm, (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-			? "write" : "read", vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	rc = __dax_dev_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static int __dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	unsigned long pmd_addr = vmf->address & PMD_MASK;
@@ -510,7 +493,7 @@ static int __dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
 }
 
-static int dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct file *filp = vmf->vma->vm_file;
@@ -522,7 +505,16 @@ static int dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			vmf->vma->vm_start, vmf->vma->vm_end);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	rc = __dax_dev_pmd_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
+	switch (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK) {
+	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE:
+		rc = __dax_dev_pte_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
+		break;
+	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD:
+		rc = __dax_dev_pmd_fault(dax_dev, vmf);
+		break;
+	default:
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return rc;
@@ -530,7 +522,7 @@ static int dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct dax_dev_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = dax_dev_fault,
-	.pmd_fault = dax_dev_pmd_fault,
+	.huge_fault = dax_dev_fault,
 };
 
 static int dax_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index f955c0df33bb..c3c29fbf64be 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1118,16 +1118,8 @@ static int dax_fault_return(int error)
 	return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 }
 
-/**
- * dax_iomap_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
- * @vmf: The description of the fault
- * @ops: iomap ops passed from the file system
- *
- * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their fault
- * or mkwrite handler for DAX files. Assumes the caller has done all the
- * necessary locking for the page fault to proceed successfully.
- */
-int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
+static int dax_iomap_pte_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+			       const struct iomap_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = vmf->vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
@@ -1244,7 +1236,6 @@ int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
 	}
 	return vmf_ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_iomap_fault);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD
 /*
@@ -1335,7 +1326,8 @@ fallback:
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
 
-int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
+static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+			       const struct iomap_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
@@ -1443,5 +1435,32 @@ out:
 	trace_dax_pmd_fault_done(inode, vmf, max_pgoff, result);
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_iomap_pmd_fault);
+#else
+static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap_ops *ops)
+{
+	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD */
+
+/**
+ * dax_iomap_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
+ * @vmf: The description of the fault
+ * @ops: iomap ops passed from the file system
+ *
+ * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in
+ * their fault handler for DAX files. dax_iomap_fault() assumes the caller
+ * has done all the necessary locking for page fault to proceed
+ * successfully.
+ */
+int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
+{
+	switch (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK) {
+	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE:
+		return dax_iomap_pte_fault(vmf, ops);
+	case FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD:
+		return dax_iomap_pmd_fault(vmf, ops);
+	default:
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_iomap_fault);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 0bf0d971205a..68738832beda 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int ext2_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext2_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext2_dax_fault,
 	/*
-	 * .pmd_fault is not supported for DAX because allocation in ext2
+	 * .huge_fault is not supported for DAX because allocation in ext2
 	 * cannot be reliably aligned to huge page sizes and so pmd faults
 	 * will always fail and fail back to regular faults.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 21e1f17fe36d..502d2d07d191 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -273,27 +273,6 @@ static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int
-ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
-{
-	int result;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
-
-	if (write) {
-		sb_start_pagefault(sb);
-		file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
-	}
-	down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
-	result = dax_iomap_pmd_fault(vmf, &ext4_iomap_ops);
-	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
-	if (write)
-		sb_end_pagefault(sb);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle write fault for VM_MIXEDMAP mappings. Similarly to ext4_dax_fault()
  * handler we check for races agaist truncate. Note that since we cycle through
@@ -326,7 +305,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext4_dax_fault,
-	.pmd_fault	= ext4_dax_pmd_fault,
+	.huge_fault	= ext4_dax_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_fault,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 9cc10136ba0b..990e03819370 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1429,12 +1429,12 @@ xfs_filemap_fault(
 /*
  * Similar to xfs_filemap_fault(), the DAX fault path can call into here on
  * both read and write faults. Hence we need to handle both cases. There is no
- * ->pmd_mkwrite callout for huge pages, so we have a single function here to
+ * ->huge_mkwrite callout for huge pages, so we have a single function here to
  * handle both cases here. @flags carries the information on the type of fault
  * occuring.
  */
 STATIC int
-xfs_filemap_pmd_fault(
+xfs_filemap_huge_fault(
 	struct vm_fault		*vmf)
 {
 	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ xfs_filemap_pmd_fault(
 	if (!IS_DAX(inode))
 		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 
-	trace_xfs_filemap_pmd_fault(ip);
+	trace_xfs_filemap_huge_fault(ip);
 
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
 		sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ xfs_filemap_pmd_fault(
 	}
 
 	xfs_ilock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
-	ret = dax_iomap_pmd_fault(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
+	ret = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, &xfs_iomap_ops);
 	xfs_iunlock(XFS_I(inode), XFS_MMAPLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ xfs_filemap_pfn_mkwrite(
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct xfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= xfs_filemap_fault,
-	.pmd_fault	= xfs_filemap_pmd_fault,
+	.huge_fault	= xfs_filemap_huge_fault,
 	.map_pages	= filemap_map_pages,
 	.page_mkwrite	= xfs_filemap_page_mkwrite,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= xfs_filemap_pfn_mkwrite,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index fb7555e73a62..383ac227ce2c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_inode_clear_cowblocks_tag);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_inode_free_cowblocks_invalid);
 
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_filemap_fault);
-DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_filemap_pmd_fault);
+DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_filemap_huge_fault);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_filemap_page_mkwrite);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_filemap_pfn_mkwrite);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index eeb02421c848..cf9af225962b 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -70,17 +70,11 @@ static inline unsigned int dax_radix_order(void *entry)
 		return PMD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT;
 	return 0;
 }
-int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops);
 #else
 static inline unsigned int dax_radix_order(void *entry)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
-		const struct iomap_ops *ops)
-{
-	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
-}
 #endif
 int dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 3dd80ba6568a..035a688e5472 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
 #define FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE	0x80	/* faulting for non current tsk/mm */
 #define FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION  0x100	/* The fault was during an instruction fetch */
 
+#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_MASK	0x7000	/* Support up to 8-level page tables */
+#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PTE	0x0000	/* First level (eg 4k) */
+#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD	0x1000	/* Second level (eg 2MB) */
+#define FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD	0x2000	/* Third level (eg 1GB) */
+
 #define FAULT_FLAG_TRACE \
 	{ FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,		"WRITE" }, \
 	{ FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE,		"MKWRITE" }, \
@@ -314,6 +319,9 @@ struct vm_fault {
 	unsigned long address;		/* Faulting virtual address */
 	pmd_t *pmd;			/* Pointer to pmd entry matching
 					 * the 'address' */
+	pud_t *pud;			/* Pointer to pud entry matching
+					 * the 'address'
+					 */
 	pte_t orig_pte;			/* Value of PTE at the time of fault */
 
 	struct page *cow_page;		/* Page handler may use for COW fault */
@@ -351,7 +359,7 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	int (*mremap)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	int (*fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
-	int (*pmd_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+	int (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 	void (*map_pages)(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			pgoff_t start_pgoff, pgoff_t end_pgoff);
 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index cf97d88158cd..e721e8eba570 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3466,8 +3466,8 @@ static int create_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(vmf);
-	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->pmd_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->pmd_fault(vmf);
+	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
 
@@ -3475,8 +3475,8 @@ static int wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
 {
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_wp_page(vmf, orig_pmd);
-	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->pmd_fault)
-		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->pmd_fault(vmf);
+	if (vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault)
+		return vmf->vma->vm_ops->huge_fault(vmf);
 
 	/* COW handled on pte level: split pmd */
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED, vmf->vma);
@@ -3606,6 +3606,7 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
+	int ret;
 
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
 	pud = pud_alloc(mm, pgd, address);
@@ -3615,15 +3616,18 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if (!vmf.pmd)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
-		int ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
+		vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
+		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
+		/* fall through path, remove PMD flag */
+		vmf.flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
 	} else {
 		pmd_t orig_pmd = *vmf.pmd;
-		int ret;
 
 		barrier();
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(orig_pmd) || pmd_devmap(orig_pmd)) {
+			vmf.flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PMD;
 			if (pmd_protnone(orig_pmd) && vma_is_accessible(vma))
 				return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 
@@ -3632,6 +3636,8 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 				ret = wp_huge_pmd(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 				if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 					return ret;
+				/* fall through path, remove PUD flag */
+				vmf.flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_SIZE_PUD;
 			} else {
 				huge_pmd_set_accessed(&vmf, orig_pmd);
 				return 0;