diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3d0aab9ee80d1..f501f14f14ce1 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4651,6 +4651,7 @@ follow_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 {
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	pte_t pte;
 retry:
 	ptl = pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd);
 	spin_lock(ptl);
@@ -4660,12 +4661,13 @@ follow_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	 */
 	if (!pmd_huge(*pmd))
 		goto out;
-	if (pmd_present(*pmd)) {
+	pte = huge_ptep_get((pte_t *)pmd);
+	if (pte_present(pte)) {
 		page = pmd_page(*pmd) + ((address & ~PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		if (flags & FOLL_GET)
 			get_page(page);
 	} else {
-		if (is_hugetlb_entry_migration(huge_ptep_get((pte_t *)pmd))) {
+		if (is_hugetlb_entry_migration(pte)) {
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
 			__migration_entry_wait(mm, (pte_t *)pmd, ptl);
 			goto retry;