diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 4e0023643f8b..482f91577f8c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ 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, true, false));
+		   hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, true, false, true));
 
 	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 768e5261fdae..b0e80cc72b0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -168,9 +168,8 @@ static inline bool file_thp_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	       !inode_is_open_for_write(inode) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode);
 }
 
-bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			unsigned long vm_flags,
-			bool smaps, bool in_pf);
+bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
+			bool smaps, bool in_pf, bool enforce_sysfs);
 
 #define transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page()				\
 	(transparent_hugepage_flags &					\
@@ -321,8 +320,8 @@ static inline bool transhuge_vma_suitable(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 static inline bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				       unsigned long vm_flags,
-				       bool smaps, bool in_pf)
+				      unsigned long vm_flags, bool smaps,
+				      bool in_pf, bool enforce_sysfs)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index e9414ee57c5b..917d92e77a1b 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ static atomic_t huge_zero_refcount;
 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,
-			bool smaps, bool in_pf)
+bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
+			bool smaps, bool in_pf, bool enforce_sysfs)
 {
 	if (!vma->vm_mm)		/* vdso */
 		return false;
@@ -121,11 +120,10 @@ bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!in_pf && shmem_file(vma->vm_file))
 		return shmem_huge_enabled(vma);
 
-	if (!hugepage_flags_enabled())
-		return false;
-
-	/* THP settings require madvise. */
-	if (!(vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE) && !hugepage_flags_always())
+	/* Enforce sysfs THP requirements as necessary */
+	if (enforce_sysfs &&
+	    (!hugepage_flags_enabled() || (!(vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE) &&
+					   !hugepage_flags_always())))
 		return false;
 
 	/* Only regular file is valid */
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 4661441375ea..af25206705aa 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	if (!test_bit(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, &vma->vm_mm->flags) &&
 	    hugepage_flags_enabled()) {
-		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, false))
+		if (hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, false, true))
 			__khugepaged_enter(vma->vm_mm);
 	}
 }
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ static bool khugepaged_alloc_page(struct page **hpage, gfp_t gfp, int node)
  */
 
 static int hugepage_vma_revalidate(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
-		struct vm_area_struct **vmap)
+				   struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
+				   struct collapse_control *cc)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
@@ -861,7 +862,8 @@ 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, false, false))
+	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false,
+				cc->is_khugepaged))
 		return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
 	/*
 	 * Anon VMA expected, the address may be unmapped then
@@ -980,7 +982,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		goto out_nolock;
 
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, &vma);
+	result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, &vma, cc);
 	if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED) {
 		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		goto out_nolock;
@@ -1012,7 +1014,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	 * handled by the anon_vma lock + PG_lock.
 	 */
 	mmap_write_lock(mm);
-	result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, &vma);
+	result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, &vma, cc);
 	if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
 		goto out_up_write;
 	/* check if the pmd is still valid */
@@ -1360,12 +1362,13 @@ void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * This vm_flags may not have VM_HUGEPAGE if the page was not
-	 * collapsed by this mm. But we can still collapse if the page is
-	 * the valid THP. Add extra VM_HUGEPAGE so hugepage_vma_check()
-	 * will not fail the vma for missing VM_HUGEPAGE
+	 * If we are here, we've succeeded in replacing all the native pages
+	 * in the page cache with a single hugepage. If a mm were to fault-in
+	 * this memory (mapped by a suitably aligned VMA), we'd get the hugepage
+	 * and map it by a PMD, regardless of sysfs THP settings. As such, let's
+	 * analogously elide sysfs THP settings here.
 	 */
-	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags | VM_HUGEPAGE, false, false))
+	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false, false))
 		return;
 
 	/* Keep pmd pgtable for uffd-wp; see comment in retract_page_tables() */
@@ -2048,7 +2051,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, int *result,
 			progress++;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false)) {
+		if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false, true)) {
 skip:
 			progress++;
 			continue;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4ba73f5aa8bb..bd8e7e79be99 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4985,7 +4985,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 retry_pud:
 	if (pud_none(*vmf.pud) &&
-	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, true)) {
+	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, true, true)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pud(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;
@@ -5019,7 +5019,7 @@ retry_pud:
 		goto retry_pud;
 
 	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) &&
-	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, true)) {
+	    hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags, false, true, true)) {
 		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
 		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
 			return ret;