diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index c057784c844456f237adc9065bb4c9a3c230fdc6..dee142e100f4cbf988a1bf7a8fe8d02501d724d6 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
 			ret = 0;
 			split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address);
+			if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
+				ret = -EBUSY;
 		} else {
 			get_page(page);
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 297d6854f84920f4420d5929fd3bc1084dd8a15e..fe90e5051012aa55db9cd13b4e97f84d6d20016f 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ static int queue_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
+		return 0;
 retry:
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 5019a1ef2848466be4485a0b09b3c689afda2e97..a4830f0325fe255ef4e106bb9b982bf7a2747415 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd)) {
 			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
 				split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr);
-				if (pmd_none(*pmd))
+				if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
 					continue;
 			} else {
 				int nr_ptes = change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr,
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 1f157adfdaf9e8926d5c0b48b252ced84c52d716..da22ad2a5678265ea9f2d0aa5ece9e14c519a494 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -210,9 +210,8 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				}
 			}
 			split_huge_pmd(vma, old_pmd, old_addr);
-			if (pmd_none(*old_pmd))
+			if (pmd_trans_unstable(old_pmd))
 				continue;
-			VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*old_pmd));
 		}
 		if (pte_alloc(new_vma->vm_mm, new_pmd, new_addr))
 			break;