diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index af11885f17ef..e2b0952023b3 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,8 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn = head_pfn + nr_pages;
 	unsigned int order = pgmap->vmemmap_shift;
+	struct page template;
+	struct page *page;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to initialize the pages, including setting up page links.
@@ -1080,13 +1082,23 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
 	 * the pages in the same go.
 	 */
 	__SetPageHead(head);
-	for (pfn = head_pfn + 1; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
-		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 
-		__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
-		prep_compound_tail(page, head, order);
-		set_page_count(page, 0);
-	}
+	/*
+	 * All tails of the same compound page share the state established by
+	 * prep_compound_tail(). Reuse one tail template for the whole range and
+	 * refresh only the PFN-dependent fields in that template before each copy.
+	 */
+	pfn = head_pfn + 1;
+	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+	__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
+	prep_compound_tail(page, head, order);
+	set_page_count(page, 0);
+	memcpy(&template, page, sizeof(*page));
+
+	/* Initialize the remaining tail pages from template. */
+	for (pfn = head_pfn + 2; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++)
+		zone_device_page_init_from_template(pfn_to_page(pfn), pfn,
+						    &template);
 	prep_compound_head(head, order);
 }