mm/gup.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 102877ed77a4..8966d3c89e5d 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -2182,8 +2182,11 @@ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 				undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages);
 				goto pte_unmap;
 			}
-		} else if (pte_special(pte))
-			goto pte_unmap;
+		} else if (pte_special(pte)) {
+			if (!is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pte)))
+				goto pte_unmap;
+			/* We'll allow the zero page - like follow_page_pte() does */
+		}
 
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
 		page = pte_page(pte);