diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 123bf7d516fc1f475cb89edb8aade4c2ad556f51..594d192b23317d7e69d068b2f124ca6f77de3e07 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -222,24 +222,26 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 					 unsigned long reason)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = ctx->mm;
-	pte_t *pte;
+	pte_t *ptep, pte;
 	bool ret = true;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem));
 
-	pte = huge_pte_offset(mm, address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
-	if (!pte)
+	ptep = huge_pte_offset(mm, address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
+
+	if (!ptep)
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = false;
+	pte = huge_ptep_get(ptep);
 
 	/*
 	 * Lockless access: we're in a wait_event so it's ok if it
 	 * changes under us.
 	 */
-	if (huge_pte_none(*pte))
+	if (huge_pte_none(pte))
 		ret = true;
-	if (!huge_pte_write(*pte) && (reason & VM_UFFD_WP))
+	if (!huge_pte_write(pte) && (reason & VM_UFFD_WP))
 		ret = true;
 out:
 	return ret;