--- sys/vm/vm_fault.c.orig
+++ sys/vm/vm_fault.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 	vm_object_t	object;
 	vm_pindex_t	pindex;
 	vm_page_t	m;
+	bool		m_needs_zeroing;
 
 	/* Top-level map object. */
 	vm_object_t	first_object;
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@
 vm_fault_deallocate(struct faultstate *fs)
 {
 
+	fs->m_needs_zeroing = true;
 	vm_fault_page_release(&fs->m_cow);
 	vm_fault_page_release(&fs->m);
 	vm_object_pip_wakeup(fs->object);
@@ -1181,7 +1183,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Zero the page if necessary and mark it valid.
 	 */
-	if ((fs->m->flags & PG_ZERO) == 0) {
+	if (fs->m_needs_zeroing) {
 		pmap_zero_page(fs->m);
 	} else {
 		VM_CNT_INC(v_ozfod);
@@ -1296,6 +1298,7 @@
 			vm_waitpfault(dset, vm_pfault_oom_wait * hz);
 		return (FAULT_RESTART);
 	}
+	fs->m_needs_zeroing = (fs->m->flags & PG_ZERO) == 0;
 	fs->oom_started = false;
 
 	return (FAULT_CONTINUE);
@@ -1586,6 +1589,7 @@
 	fs.fault_flags = fault_flags;
 	fs.map = map;
 	fs.lookup_still_valid = false;
+	fs.m_needs_zeroing = true;
 	fs.oom_started = false;
 	fs.nera = -1;
 	fs.can_read_lock = true;
--- sys/vm/vm_object.c.orig
+++ sys/vm/vm_object.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@
 	    (options & (OBJPR_CLEANONLY | OBJPR_NOTMAPPED)) == OBJPR_NOTMAPPED,
 	    ("vm_object_page_remove: illegal options for object %p", object));
 	if (object->resident_page_count == 0)
-		return;
+		goto remove_pager;
 	vm_object_pip_add(object, 1);
 	vm_page_iter_limit_init(&pages, object, end);
 again:
@@ -2061,6 +2061,7 @@
 	}
 	vm_object_pip_wakeup(object);
 
+remove_pager:
 	vm_pager_freespace(object, start, (end == 0 ? object->size : end) -
 	    start);
 }