diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 0ea5d9071b32..e4b713a6ed7e 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1427,7 +1427,8 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 0);
+	pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl,
+				 PageTransCompound(page));
 	if (!pte)
 		goto out;