diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index b1fda309f067..06562bab509a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ SwapPss:               0 kB
 KernelPageSize:        4 kB
 MMUPageSize:           4 kB
 Locked:                0 kB
+THPeligible:           0
 VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me dw
 
 the first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
@@ -462,6 +463,8 @@ replaced by copy-on-write) part of the underlying shmem object out on swap.
 "SwapPss" shows proportional swap share of this mapping. Unlike "Swap", this
 does not take into account swapped out page of underlying shmem objects.
 "Locked" indicates whether the mapping is locked in memory or not.
+"THPeligible" indicates whether the mapping is eligible for THP pages - 1 if
+true, 0 otherwise.
 
 "VmFlags" field deserves a separate description. This member represents the kernel
 flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 47c3764c469b..c9f160eb9fbc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 	__show_smap(m, &mss);
 
+	seq_printf(m, "THPeligible:    %d\n", transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma));
+
 	if (arch_pkeys_enabled())
 		seq_printf(m, "ProtectionKey:  %8u\n", vma_pkey(vma));
 	show_smap_vma_flags(m, vma);
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 4663ee96cf59..381e872bfde0 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ extern bool is_vma_temporary_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 extern unsigned long transparent_hugepage_flags;
 
-static inline bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+/*
+ * to be used on vmas which are known to support THP.
+ * Use transparent_hugepage_enabled otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool __transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE)
 		return false;
@@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ static inline bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+
 #define transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page()				\
 	(transparent_hugepage_flags &					\
 	 (1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG))
@@ -257,6 +263,11 @@ static inline bool thp_migration_supported(void)
 
 #define hpage_nr_pages(x) 1
 
+static inline bool __transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	return false;
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 55478ab3c83b..f64733c23067 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ static struct shrinker deferred_split_shrinker;
 static atomic_t huge_zero_refcount;
 struct page *huge_zero_page __read_mostly;
 
+bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
+		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
+	if (shmem_mapping(vma->vm_file->f_mapping) && shmem_huge_enabled(vma))
+		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static struct page *get_huge_zero_page(void)
 {
 	struct page *zero_page;
@@ -1303,7 +1313,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
 	get_page(page);
 	spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
 alloc:
-	if (transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma) &&
+	if (__transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma) &&
 	    !transparent_hugepage_debug_cow()) {
 		huge_gfp = alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask(vma, haddr);
 		new_page = alloc_pages_vma(huge_gfp, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, vma,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4ad2d293ddc2..3c2716ec7fbd 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vmf.pud = pud_alloc(mm, p4d, address);
 	if (!vmf.pud)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
-	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
+	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) && __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pud(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
@@ -3856,7 +3856,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vmf.pmd = pmd_alloc(mm, vmf.pud, address);
 	if (!vmf.pmd)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
-	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
+	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) && __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
