diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d8ccd245947d..e6725c5c5a62 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2987,10 +2987,18 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 
 	count_vm_event(THP_SPLIT_PMD);
 
-	if (vma_is_dax(vma)) {
-		pmd_t _pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
+	if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma)) {
+		_pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
 		if (is_huge_zero_pmd(_pmd))
 			put_huge_zero_page();
+		if (vma_is_dax(vma))
+			return;
+		page = pmd_page(_pmd);
+		if (!PageReferenced(page) && pmd_young(_pmd))
+			SetPageReferenced(page);
+		page_remove_rmap(page, true);
+		put_page(page);
+		add_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES, -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
 		return;
 	} else if (is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) {
 		return __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd);