diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index ab4849d07a1f..28f472a2eb51 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	__show_smap(m, &mss, false);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "THPeligible:    %d\n",
-		   hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags));
+		   hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false));
 
 	if (arch_pkeys_enabled())
 		seq_printf(m, "ProtectionKey:  %8u\n", vma_pkey(vma));
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 2da52ca8fd52..67c913e66e60 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -153,48 +153,6 @@ static inline bool transhuge_vma_suitable(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline bool transhuge_vma_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					  unsigned long vm_flags)
-{
-	/* Explicitly disabled through madvise. */
-	if ((vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE) ||
-	    test_bit(MMF_DISABLE_THP, &vma->vm_mm->flags))
-		return false;
-	return true;
-}
-
-/*
- * to be used on vmas which are known to support THP.
- * Use transparent_hugepage_active otherwise
- */
-static inline bool __transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-
-	/*
-	 * If the hardware/firmware marked hugepage support disabled.
-	 */
-	if (transparent_hugepage_flags & (1 << TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_NEVER_DAX))
-		return false;
-
-	if (!transhuge_vma_enabled(vma, vma->vm_flags))
-		return false;
-
-	if (vma_is_temporary_stack(vma))
-		return false;
-
-	if (transparent_hugepage_flags & (1 << TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG))
-		return true;
-
-	if (vma_is_dax(vma))
-		return true;
-
-	if (transparent_hugepage_flags &
-				(1 << TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG))
-		return !!(vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE);
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool file_thp_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -210,7 +168,7 @@ static inline bool file_thp_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 }
 
 extern bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			       unsigned long vm_flags);
+			       unsigned long vm_flags, bool in_pf);
 
 #define transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page()				\
 	(transparent_hugepage_flags &					\
@@ -354,11 +312,6 @@ static inline bool folio_test_pmd_mappable(struct folio *folio)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool __transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool transhuge_vma_size_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	return false;
@@ -370,14 +323,8 @@ static inline bool transhuge_vma_suitable(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool transhuge_vma_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					  unsigned long vm_flags)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				       unsigned long vm_flags)
+				       unsigned long vm_flags, bool in_pf)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
index 795c8d2170b0..8a6452e089ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
+++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline void khugepaged_enter(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	if (!test_bit(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, &vma->vm_mm->flags) &&
 	    khugepaged_enabled()) {
-		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags))
+		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false))
 			__khugepaged_enter(vma->vm_mm);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d9ec82892b05..b4cab3aa2534 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -70,17 +70,26 @@ struct page *huge_zero_page __read_mostly;
 unsigned long huge_zero_pfn __read_mostly = ~0UL;
 
 bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			unsigned long vm_flags)
+			unsigned long vm_flags, bool in_pf)
 {
-	if (!transhuge_vma_enabled(vma, vm_flags))
+	/* Explicitly disabled through madvise or prctl. */
+	if ((vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE) ||
+	    test_bit(MMF_DISABLE_THP, &vma->vm_mm->flags))
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the hardware/firmware marked hugepage support disabled.
+	 */
+	if (transparent_hugepage_flags & (1 << TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_NEVER_DAX))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Special VMA and hugetlb VMA */
 	if (vm_flags & VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED)
 		return false;
 
-	/* Don't run khugepaged against DAX vma */
+	/* khugepaged doesn't collapse DAX vma, but page fault is fine. */
 	if (vma_is_dax(vma))
-		return false;
+		return in_pf;
 
 	if (vma->vm_file && !IS_ALIGNED((vma->vm_start >> PAGE_SHIFT) -
 				vma->vm_pgoff, HPAGE_PMD_NR))
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return false;
 
 	/* Enabled via shmem mount options or sysfs settings. */
-	if (shmem_file(vma->vm_file))
+	if (!in_pf && shmem_file(vma->vm_file))
 		return shmem_huge_enabled(vma);
 
 	if (!khugepaged_enabled())
@@ -101,10 +110,11 @@ bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return false;
 
 	/* Only regular file is valid */
-	if (file_thp_enabled(vma))
+	if (!in_pf && file_thp_enabled(vma))
 		return true;
 
-	if (!vma->anon_vma || !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
+	/* anon_vma may be not prepared before the first page fault */
+	if ((!in_pf && !vma->anon_vma) || !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
 		return false;
 	if (vma_is_temporary_stack(vma))
 		return false;
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index a7ac1ae418f8..292ed9c0db1e 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	if (!test_bit(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, &vma->vm_mm->flags) &&
 	    khugepaged_enabled()) {
-		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags))
+		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false))
 			__khugepaged_enter(vma->vm_mm);
 	}
 }
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static int hugepage_vma_revalidate(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 
 	if (!transhuge_vma_suitable(vma, address))
 		return SCAN_ADDRESS_RANGE;
-	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags))
+	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false))
 		return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	 * the valid THP. Add extra VM_HUGEPAGE so hugepage_vma_check()
 	 * will not fail the vma for missing VM_HUGEPAGE
 	 */
-	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags | VM_HUGEPAGE))
+	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags | VM_HUGEPAGE, false))
 		return;
 
 	/* Keep pmd pgtable for uffd-wp; see comment in retract_page_tables() */
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
 			progress++;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags)) {
+		if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false)) {
 skip:
 			progress++;
 			continue;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 95735bee3876..0850b3e38dbf 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4979,7 +4979,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!vmf.pud)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 retry_pud:
-	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) && __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
+	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) &&
+	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, true)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pud(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
@@ -5012,7 +5013,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (pud_trans_unstable(vmf.pud))
 		goto retry_pud;
 
-	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) && __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
+	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) &&
+	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, true)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
