diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 51f069303ab9e956f85187f42c141d629612f9b7..420826efda48f681c1f7518cb6bd5ebb76cb800d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			 */
 			if (!is_huge_zero_page(page) &&
 			    !pmd_numa(*pmd)) {
-				entry = pmdp_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pmd);
+				entry = *pmd;
 				entry = pmd_mknuma(entry);
 				ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 			}