diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index d633974..a33163d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -657,6 +658,28 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned long get_unmapped_area_zero(struct file *file,
+				unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+				unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
+		/*
+		 * mmap_zero() will call shmem_zero_setup() to create a file,
+		 * so use shmem's get_unmapped_area in case it can be huge;
+		 * and pass NULL for file as in mmap.c's get_unmapped_area(),
+		 * so as not to confuse shmem with our handle on "/dev/zero".
+		 */
+		return shmem_get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+	}
+
+	/* Otherwise flags & MAP_PRIVATE: with no shmem object beneath it */
+	return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+#else
+	return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
+}
+
 static ssize_t write_full(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -764,6 +787,7 @@
 	.read_iter	= read_iter_zero,
 	.write_iter	= write_iter_zero,
 	.mmap		= mmap_zero,
+	.get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_zero,
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 	.mmap_capabilities = zero_mmap_capabilities,
 #endif