diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 35300f3..c270fa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
  */
 #define VM_SPECIAL (VM_IO | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)
 
+/* This mask defines which mm->def_flags a process can inherit its parent */
+#define VM_INIT_DEF_MASK	VM_NOHUGEPAGE
+
 /*
  * mapping from the currently active vm_flags protection bits (the
  * low four bits) to a page protection mask..
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 289760f..58afc04 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -149,4 +149,7 @@
 
 #define PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS	40
 
+#define PR_SET_THP_DISABLE	41
+#define PR_GET_THP_DISABLE	42
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index abc4589..e40c0a0 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -530,8 +530,6 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 	atomic_set(&mm->mm_count, 1);
 	init_rwsem(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mm->mmlist);
-	mm->flags = (current->mm) ?
-		(current->mm->flags & MMF_INIT_MASK) : default_dump_filter;
 	mm->core_state = NULL;
 	atomic_long_set(&mm->nr_ptes, 0);
 	memset(&mm->rss_stat, 0, sizeof(mm->rss_stat));
@@ -540,8 +538,15 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 	mm_init_owner(mm, p);
 	clear_tlb_flush_pending(mm);
 
-	if (likely(!mm_alloc_pgd(mm))) {
+	if (current->mm) {
+		mm->flags = current->mm->flags & MMF_INIT_MASK;
+		mm->def_flags = current->mm->def_flags & VM_INIT_DEF_MASK;
+	} else {
+		mm->flags = default_dump_filter;
 		mm->def_flags = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (likely(!mm_alloc_pgd(mm))) {
 		mmu_notifier_mm_init(mm);
 		return mm;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index adaeab6..fba0f29 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 		if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return current->no_new_privs ? 1 : 0;
+	case PR_GET_THP_DISABLE:
+		if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		error = !!(me->mm->def_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE);
+		break;
+	case PR_SET_THP_DISABLE:
+		if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		down_write(&me->mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (arg2)
+			me->mm->def_flags |= VM_NOHUGEPAGE;
+		else
+			me->mm->def_flags &= ~VM_NOHUGEPAGE;
+		up_write(&me->mm->mmap_sem);
+		break;
 	default:
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		break;