diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 80fc92a49649..9269af7349fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	/* called by sys_remap_file_pages() to populate non-linear mapping */
 	int (*remap_pages)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			   unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff);
+
+	/*
+	 * Called by vm_normal_page() for special PTEs to find the
+	 * page for @addr.  This is useful if the default behavior
+	 * (using pte_page()) would not find the correct page.
+	 */
+	struct page *(*find_special_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr);
 };
 
 struct mmu_gather;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 54f3a9b00956..dc2e01a315e2 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
 		if (likely(!pte_special(pte)))
 			goto check_pfn;
+		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->find_special_page)
+			return vma->vm_ops->find_special_page(vma, addr);
 		if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))
 			return NULL;
 		if (!is_zero_pfn(pfn))