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diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2ee0fd313f0..0ab02fb8e9b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -360,9 +360,11 @@ void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
__SetPageHead(page);
for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
struct page *p = page + i;
- __SetPageTail(p);
set_page_count(p, 0);
p->first_page = page;
+ /* Make sure p->first_page is always valid for PageTail() */
+ smp_wmb();
+ __SetPageTail(p);
}
}