diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 216ab4c8621f..20e3b0d9cf7e 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,12 @@ ssize_t move_pages(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				err = -ENOENT;
 				break;
 			}
+			/* Avoid moving zeropages for now */
+			if (is_huge_zero_pmd(*src_pmd)) {
+				spin_unlock(ptl);
+				err = -EBUSY;
+				break;
+			}
 
 			/* Check if we can move the pmd without splitting it. */
 			if (move_splits_huge_pmd(dst_addr, src_addr, src_start + len) ||