diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index ce44caa40eed56..6370026689e0b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -342,6 +342,17 @@ void split_huge_pmd_address(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 void __split_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
 		unsigned long address);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
+int change_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		    pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot,
+		    unsigned long cp_flags);
+#else
+static inline int
+change_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot,
+		unsigned long cp_flags) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 #define split_huge_pud(__vma, __pud, __address)				\
 	do {								\
 		pud_t *____pud = (__pud);				\
@@ -585,6 +596,19 @@ static inline int next_order(unsigned long *orders, int prev)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void __split_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
+				    unsigned long address)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int change_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+				  struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pudp,
+				  unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot,
+				  unsigned long cp_flags)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
 static inline int split_folio_to_list_to_order(struct folio *folio,
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 608ea551da1634..ac9e8a77059d03 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,53 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns:
+ *
+ * - 0: if pud leaf changed from under us
+ * - 1: if pud can be skipped
+ * - HPAGE_PUD_NR: if pud was successfully processed
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
+int change_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		    pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot,
+		    unsigned long cp_flags)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+	pud_t oldpud, entry;
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+
+	tlb_change_page_size(tlb, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE);
+
+	/* NUMA balancing doesn't apply to dax */
+	if (cp_flags & MM_CP_PROT_NUMA)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Huge entries on userfault-wp only works with anonymous, while we
+	 * don't have anonymous PUDs yet.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cp_flags & MM_CP_UFFD_WP_ALL))
+		return 1;
+
+	ptl = __pud_trans_huge_lock(pudp, vma);
+	if (!ptl)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Can't clear PUD or it can race with concurrent zapping.  See
+	 * change_huge_pmd().
+	 */
+	oldpud = pudp_invalidate(vma, addr, pudp);
+	entry = pud_modify(oldpud, newprot);
+	set_pud_at(mm, addr, pudp, entry);
+	tlb_flush_pud_range(tlb, addr, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE);
+
+	spin_unlock(ptl);
+	return HPAGE_PUD_NR;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
 /*
  * The PT lock for src_pmd and dst_vma/src_vma (for reading) are locked by
@@ -2334,6 +2381,11 @@ void __split_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
 }
+#else
+void __split_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
+		unsigned long address)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD */
 
 static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index d423080e650980..446f8e5f10d98b 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -302,8 +302,9 @@ pgtable_split_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	/*
 	 * pte markers only resides in pte level, if we need pte markers,
-	 * we need to split.  We cannot wr-protect shmem thp because file
-	 * thp is handled differently when split by erasing the pmd so far.
+	 * we need to split.  For example, we cannot wr-protect a file thp
+	 * (e.g. 2M shmem) because file thp is handled differently when
+	 * split by erasing the pmd so far.
 	 */
 	return (cp_flags & MM_CP_UFFD_WP) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma);
 }
@@ -430,31 +431,53 @@ static inline long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
-	pud_t *pud;
+	pud_t *pudp, pud;
 	unsigned long next;
 	long pages = 0, ret;
 
 	range.start = 0;
 
-	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
+	pudp = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 	do {
+again:
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		ret = change_prepare(vma, pud, pmd, addr, cp_flags);
+		ret = change_prepare(vma, pudp, pmd, addr, cp_flags);
 		if (ret) {
 			pages = ret;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (pud_none_or_clear_bad(pud))
+
+		pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
+		if (pud_none(pud))
 			continue;
+
 		if (!range.start) {
 			mmu_notifier_range_init(&range,
 						MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA, 0,
 						vma->vm_mm, addr, end);
 			mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
 		}
-		pages += change_pmd_range(tlb, vma, pud, addr, next, newprot,
+
+		if (pud_leaf(pud)) {
+			if ((next - addr != PUD_SIZE) ||
+			    pgtable_split_needed(vma, cp_flags)) {
+				__split_huge_pud(vma, pudp, addr);
+				goto again;
+			} else {
+				ret = change_huge_pud(tlb, vma, pudp,
+						      addr, newprot, cp_flags);
+				if (ret == 0)
+					goto again;
+				/* huge pud was handled */
+				if (ret == HPAGE_PUD_NR)
+					pages += HPAGE_PUD_NR;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		pages += change_pmd_range(tlb, vma, pudp, addr, next, newprot,
 					  cp_flags);
-	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
+	} while (pudp++, addr = next, addr != end);
 
 	if (range.start)
 		mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);