diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 6001ee6347a..b5783d81eda 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,10 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (flags & FOLL_WRITE && !pmd_write(*pmd))
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Avoid dumping huge zero page */
+	if ((flags & FOLL_DUMP) && is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
 	page = pmd_page(*pmd);
 	VM_BUG_ON(!PageHead(page));
 	if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) {