diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 6b785e17b67936a71d0570af40a1a6dca01cb6d4..5c4fac2d239e5ce28858d550745fa249070824e7 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1360,9 +1360,15 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct page *page;
 		pgtable_t pgtable;
 		pmd_t orig_pmd;
-		pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(tlb->mm, pmd);
+		/*
+		 * For architectures like ppc64 we look at deposited pgtable
+		 * when calling pmdp_get_and_clear. So do the
+		 * pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw after finishing pmdp related
+		 * operations.
+		 */
 		orig_pmd = pmdp_get_and_clear(tlb->mm, addr, pmd);
 		tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
+		pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(tlb->mm, pmd);
 		if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd)) {
 			tlb->mm->nr_ptes--;
 			spin_unlock(&tlb->mm->page_table_lock);