diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 419fb9e03447aff8aef55934e89bbd844a28d7e7..f0a7a0320300bae6eca05e27a2083f80ed54282e 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static inline int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 void deferred_split_huge_page(struct page *page);
 
 void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
-		unsigned long address, bool freeze);
+		unsigned long address, bool freeze, struct page *page);
 
 #define split_huge_pmd(__vma, __pmd, __address)				\
 	do {								\
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(*____pmd)				\
 					|| pmd_devmap(*____pmd))	\
 			__split_huge_pmd(__vma, __pmd, __address,	\
-						false);			\
+						false, NULL);		\
 	}  while (0)
 
 
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 55940d17331871b7de478796764d2ef62aef12a4..343a2b7e57aa25f7d02709ff13ab8a5e47c68a87 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 }
 
 void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
-		unsigned long address, bool freeze)
+		unsigned long address, bool freeze, struct page *page)
 {
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
@@ -2992,8 +2992,17 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, haddr, haddr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 	ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
+
+	/*
+	 * If caller asks to setup a migration entries, we need a page to check
+	 * pmd against. Otherwise we can end up replacing wrong page.
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON(freeze && !page);
+	if (page && page != pmd_page(*pmd))
+	        goto out;
+
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
-		struct page *page = pmd_page(*pmd);
+		page = pmd_page(*pmd);
 		if (PageMlocked(page))
 			clear_page_mlock(page);
 	} else if (!pmd_devmap(*pmd))
@@ -3020,24 +3029,8 @@ void split_huge_pmd_address(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		return;
 
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd) || (!pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) && !pmd_devmap(*pmd)))
-		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * If caller asks to setup a migration entries, we need a page to check
-	 * pmd against. Otherwise we can end up replacing wrong page.
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON(freeze && !page);
-	if (page && page != pmd_page(*pmd))
-		return;
-
-	/*
-	 * Caller holds the mmap_sem write mode or the anon_vma lock,
-	 * so a huge pmd cannot materialize from under us (khugepaged
-	 * holds both the mmap_sem write mode and the anon_vma lock
-	 * write mode).
-	 */
-	__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address, freeze);
+	__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address, freeze, page);
 }
 
 void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,