diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 95a32749..20da6ed 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3589,6 +3589,7 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
 	unsigned long sz = huge_page_size(h);
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
+	bool force_flush = false;
 
 	WARN_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
 	BUG_ON(start & ~huge_page_mask(h));
@@ -3617,10 +3618,8 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
 		if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, &address, ptep)) {
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
-			/*
-			 * We just unmapped a page of PMDs by clearing a PUD.
-			 * The caller's TLB flush range should cover this area.
-			 */
+			tlb_flush_pmd_range(tlb, address & PUD_MASK, PUD_SIZE);
+			force_flush = true;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -3677,6 +3676,22 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
 	tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we unshared PMDs, the TLB flush was not recorded in mmu_gather. We
+	 * could defer the flush until now, since by holding i_mmap_rwsem we
+	 * guaranteed that the last refernece would not be dropped. But we must
+	 * do the flushing before we return, as otherwise i_mmap_rwsem will be
+	 * dropped and the last reference to the shared PMDs page might be
+	 * dropped as well.
+	 *
+	 * In theory we could defer the freeing of the PMD pages as well, but
+	 * huge_pmd_unshare() relies on the exact page_count for the PMD page to
+	 * detect sharing, so we cannot defer the release of the page either.
+	 * Instead, do flush now.
+	 */
+	if (force_flush)
+		tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb);
 }
 
 void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,