diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ee073146aaa7..b3b6a7e313e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ enum page_entry_size {
 struct vm_operations_struct {
 	void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
+	int (*split)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long addr);
 	int (*mremap)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
 	int (*fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 	int (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf, enum page_entry_size pe_size);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 681b300185c0..698e8fb34031 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3125,6 +3125,13 @@ static void hugetlb_vm_op_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	}
 }
 
+static int hugetlb_vm_op_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	if (addr & ~(huge_page_mask(hstate_vma(vma))))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * We cannot handle pagefaults against hugetlb pages at all.  They cause
  * handle_mm_fault() to try to instantiate regular-sized pages in the
@@ -3141,6 +3148,7 @@ const struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = hugetlb_vm_op_fault,
 	.open = hugetlb_vm_op_open,
 	.close = hugetlb_vm_op_close,
+	.split = hugetlb_vm_op_split,
 };
 
 static pte_t make_huge_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 924839fac0e6..a4d546821214 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2555,9 +2555,11 @@ int __split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct vm_area_struct *new;
 	int err;
 
-	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && (addr &
-					~(huge_page_mask(hstate_vma(vma)))))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->split) {
+		err = vma->vm_ops->split(vma, addr);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	new = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)