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diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 648bcb007eba..073734339583 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -371,8 +371,18 @@ static inline void compound_unlock_irqrestore(struct page *page,
static inline struct page *compound_head(struct page *page)
{
- if (unlikely(PageTail(page)))
- return page->first_page;
+ if (unlikely(PageTail(page))) {
+ struct page *head = page->first_page;
+
+ /*
+ * page->first_page may be a dangling pointer to an old
+ * compound page, so recheck that it is still a tail
+ * page before returning.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+ if (likely(PageTail(page)))
+ return head;
+ }
return page;
}