diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 6b1721f978c2..a4c3ce0c9ece 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -661,6 +662,28 @@ static int mmap_zero(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned long get_unmapped_area_zero(struct file *file,
+				unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+				unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
+		/*
+		 * mmap_zero() will call shmem_zero_setup() to create a file,
+		 * so use shmem's get_unmapped_area in case it can be huge;
+		 * and pass NULL for file as in mmap.c's get_unmapped_area(),
+		 * so as not to confuse shmem with our handle on "/dev/zero".
+		 */
+		return shmem_get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+	}
+
+	/* Otherwise flags & MAP_PRIVATE: with no shmem object beneath it */
+	return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+#else
+	return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
+}
+
 static ssize_t write_full(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -768,6 +791,7 @@ static const struct file_operations zero_fops = {
 	.read_iter	= read_iter_zero,
 	.write_iter	= write_iter_zero,
 	.mmap		= mmap_zero,
+	.get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_zero,
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 	.mmap_capabilities = zero_mmap_capabilities,
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index 03490d1554ba..25ac75b424d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ extern struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name,
 extern struct file *shmem_kernel_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size,
 					    unsigned long flags);
 extern int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *);
+extern unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long addr,
+		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
 extern int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock, struct user_struct *user);
 extern bool shmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern void shmem_unlock_mapping(struct address_space *mapping);
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 3174634ca4e5..b797a6e49d78 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -476,13 +476,15 @@ static const struct file_operations shm_file_operations = {
 	.mmap		= shm_mmap,
 	.fsync		= shm_fsync,
 	.release	= shm_release,
-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 	.get_unmapped_area	= shm_get_unmapped_area,
-#endif
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
 	.fallocate	= shm_fallocate,
 };
 
+/*
+ * shm_file_operations_huge is now identical to shm_file_operations,
+ * but we keep it distinct for the sake of is_file_shm_hugepages().
+ */
 static const struct file_operations shm_file_operations_huge = {
 	.mmap		= shm_mmap,
 	.fsync		= shm_fsync,
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 1786d0b0244f..f6c825d828b5 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include <linux/profile.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -1892,8 +1893,19 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	get_area = current->mm->get_unmapped_area;
-	if (file && file->f_op->get_unmapped_area)
-		get_area = file->f_op->get_unmapped_area;
+	if (file) {
+		if (file->f_op->get_unmapped_area)
+			get_area = file->f_op->get_unmapped_area;
+	} else if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
+		/*
+		 * mmap_region() will call shmem_zero_setup() to create a file,
+		 * so use shmem's get_unmapped_area in case it can be huge.
+		 * do_mmap_pgoff() will clear pgoff, so match alignment.
+		 */
+		pgoff = 0;
+		get_area = shmem_get_unmapped_area;
+	}
+
 	addr = get_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr))
 		return addr;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 41faccc3347d..e7c2a69ff410 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1531,6 +1531,94 @@ static int shmem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
+				      unsigned long uaddr, unsigned long len,
+				      unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	unsigned long (*get_area)(struct file *,
+		unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
+	unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long inflated_len;
+	unsigned long inflated_addr;
+	unsigned long inflated_offset;
+
+	if (len > TASK_SIZE)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	get_area = current->mm->get_unmapped_area;
+	addr = get_area(file, uaddr, len, pgoff, flags);
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE))
+		return addr;
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr))
+		return addr;
+	if (addr & ~PAGE_MASK)
+		return addr;
+	if (addr > TASK_SIZE - len)
+		return addr;
+
+	if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
+		return addr;
+	if (len < HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
+		return addr;
+	if (flags & MAP_FIXED)
+		return addr;
+	/*
+	 * Our priority is to support MAP_SHARED mapped hugely;
+	 * and support MAP_PRIVATE mapped hugely too, until it is COWed.
+	 * But if caller specified an address hint, respect that as before.
+	 */
+	if (uaddr)
+		return addr;
+
+	if (shmem_huge != SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE) {
+		struct super_block *sb;
+
+		if (file) {
+			VM_BUG_ON(file->f_op != &shmem_file_operations);
+			sb = file_inode(file)->i_sb;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Called directly from mm/mmap.c, or drivers/char/mem.c
+			 * for "/dev/zero", to create a shared anonymous object.
+			 */
+			if (IS_ERR(shm_mnt))
+				return addr;
+			sb = shm_mnt->mnt_sb;
+		}
+		if (SHMEM_SB(sb)->huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER)
+			return addr;
+	}
+
+	offset = (pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) & (HPAGE_PMD_SIZE-1);
+	if (offset && offset + len < 2 * HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
+		return addr;
+	if ((addr & (HPAGE_PMD_SIZE-1)) == offset)
+		return addr;
+
+	inflated_len = len + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE - PAGE_SIZE;
+	if (inflated_len > TASK_SIZE)
+		return addr;
+	if (inflated_len < len)
+		return addr;
+
+	inflated_addr = get_area(NULL, 0, inflated_len, 0, flags);
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(inflated_addr))
+		return addr;
+	if (inflated_addr & ~PAGE_MASK)
+		return addr;
+
+	inflated_offset = inflated_addr & (HPAGE_PMD_SIZE-1);
+	inflated_addr += offset - inflated_offset;
+	if (inflated_offset > offset)
+		inflated_addr += HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
+
+	if (inflated_addr > TASK_SIZE - len)
+		return addr;
+	return inflated_addr;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static int shmem_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *mpol)
 {
@@ -3313,6 +3401,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
 
 static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations = {
 	.mmap		= shmem_mmap,
+	.get_unmapped_area = shmem_get_unmapped_area,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	.llseek		= shmem_file_llseek,
 	.read_iter	= shmem_file_read_iter,
@@ -3539,6 +3628,15 @@ void shmem_unlock_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
+				      unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+				      unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+}
+#endif
+
 void shmem_truncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, lstart, lend);
