diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bf9d8d04bf4f82..9b26055f311978 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5634,11 +5634,10 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			 * here.  Before returning error, get ptl and make
 			 * sure there really is no pte entry.
 			 */
-			ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
-			ret = 0;
-			if (huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(ptep)))
+			if (hugetlb_pte_stable(h, mm, ptep, old_pte))
 				ret = vmf_error(PTR_ERR(page));
-			spin_unlock(ptl);
+			else
+				ret = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		clear_huge_page(page, address, pages_per_huge_page(h));