diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 2baa93ca2310967ba897146480e4a7d6b86f4203..c7105ec6d08c00b9501763165819ad678a4d579d 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -813,7 +813,14 @@ static bool madvise_dontneed_free_valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (start & ~huge_page_mask(hstate_vma(vma)))
 		return false;
 
-	*end = ALIGN(*end, huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma)));
+	/*
+	 * Madvise callers expect the length to be rounded up to PAGE_SIZE
+	 * boundaries, and may be unaware that this VMA uses huge pages.
+	 * Avoid unexpected data loss by rounding down the number of
+	 * huge pages freed.
+	 */
+	*end = ALIGN_DOWN(*end, huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma)));
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -828,6 +835,9 @@ static long madvise_dontneed_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!madvise_dontneed_free_valid_vma(vma, start, &end, behavior))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (start == end)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!userfaultfd_remove(vma, start, end)) {
 		*prev = NULL; /* mmap_lock has been dropped, prev is stale */