diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index 7229b9baf20d..5cb0d419a1d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ static inline void __folio_rmap_sanity_checks(struct folio *folio,
 	/* hugetlb folios are handled separately. */
 	VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_hugetlb(folio), folio);
 
+	/* When (un)mapping zeropages, we should never touch ref+mapcount. */
+	VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(is_zero_folio(folio), folio);
+
 	/*
 	 * TODO: we get driver-allocated folios that have nothing to do with
 	 * the rmap using vm_insert_page(); therefore, we cannot assume that