diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2d2ff5e..a2233d7 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3125,6 +3125,13 @@
 	}
 }
 
+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 @@
 	.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 680506f..476e810 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2540,9 +2540,11 @@
 	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)