diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
index 33aadbcf170b..dcfd573871c1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static int gup_huge_pud(pud_t pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	do {
 		VM_BUG_ON(compound_head(page) != head);
 		pages[*nr] = page;
+		if (PageTail(page))
+			get_huge_page_tail(page);
 		(*nr)++;
 		page++;
 		refs++;