diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 08e15db28b7938fb327794bcc873052e3a01e37a..bfec6f2ef613b9e9d11373f6d3a2cea0c2020808 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -539,15 +539,16 @@ int dax_invalidate_mapping_entry_sync(struct address_space *mapping,
  * otherwise it will simply fall out of the page cache under memory
  * pressure without ever having been dirtied.
  */
-static int dax_load_hole(struct address_space *mapping, void *entry,
+static int dax_load_hole(struct address_space *mapping, void **entry,
 			 struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* Hole page already exists? Return it...  */
-	if (!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(entry)) {
-		vmf->page = entry;
-		return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+	if (!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(*entry)) {
+		page = *entry;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* This will replace locked radix tree entry with a hole page */
@@ -555,8 +556,17 @@ static int dax_load_hole(struct address_space *mapping, void *entry,
 				   vmf->gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ out:
 	vmf->page = page;
-	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+	ret = finish_fault(vmf);
+	vmf->page = NULL;
+	*entry = page;
+	if (!ret) {
+		/* Grab reference for PTE that is now referencing the page */
+		get_page(page);
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int copy_user_dax(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, size_t size,
@@ -1163,8 +1173,8 @@ int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	case IOMAP_UNWRITTEN:
 	case IOMAP_HOLE:
 		if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)) {
-			vmf_ret = dax_load_hole(mapping, entry, vmf);
-			break;
+			vmf_ret = dax_load_hole(mapping, &entry, vmf);
+			goto finish_iomap;
 		}
 		/*FALLTHRU*/
 	default:
@@ -1185,8 +1195,7 @@ int dax_iomap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		}
 	}
  unlock_entry:
-	if (vmf_ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED || error)
-		put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, vmf->pgoff, entry);
+	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, vmf->pgoff, entry);
  out:
 	if (error == -ENOMEM)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM | major;