diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6121b57bbe966735a6c44ae1f77854f2cec7c74b..6f978218c2c808b7dad3e0c184cc44ec35f2585d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ int follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 */
 		pte = huge_pte_offset(mm, vaddr & HPAGE_MASK);
 
-		if (!pte || pte_none(*pte)) {
+		if (!pte || pte_none(*pte) || (write && !pte_write(*pte))) {
 			int ret;
 
 			spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);