diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 79cb51866e02f217ddb7d98d03b7c7dd2dc4b0f7..2c51c79c8a698189c53380352f9770d234d0772c 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -36,6 +36,34 @@ static inline pgprot_t pgprot_modify(pgprot_t oldprot, pgprot_t newprot)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * For a prot_numa update we only hold mmap_sem for read so there is a
+ * potential race with faulting where a pmd was temporarily none. This
+ * function checks for a transhuge pmd under the appropriate lock. It
+ * returns a pte if it was successfully locked or NULL if it raced with
+ * a transhuge insertion.
+ */
+static pte_t *lock_pte_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
+			unsigned long addr, int prot_numa, spinlock_t **ptl)
+{
+	pte_t *pte;
+	spinlock_t *pmdl;
+
+	/* !prot_numa is protected by mmap_sem held for write */
+	if (!prot_numa)
+		return pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, ptl);
+
+	pmdl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd);
+	if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_none(*pmd))) {
+		spin_unlock(pmdl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, ptl);
+	spin_unlock(pmdl);
+	return pte;
+}
+
 static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
 		int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
@@ -45,7 +73,10 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	unsigned long pages = 0;
 
-	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	pte = lock_pte_protection(vma, pmd, addr, prot_numa, &ptl);
+	if (!pte)
+		return 0;
+
 	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	do {
 		oldpte = *pte;
@@ -132,12 +163,13 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 						pages += HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 						nr_huge_updates++;
 					}
+
+					/* huge pmd was handled */
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
 			/* fall through, the trans huge pmd just split */
 		}
-		VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd));
 		this_pages = change_pte_range(vma, pmd, addr, next, newprot,
 				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
 		pages += this_pages;