diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index e3db4b8e689b..1f281030769c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_large(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	pte_t pte = __pte(pmd_val(pmd));
 
-	return (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_PMD_HUGE) && pte_present(pte);
+	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_PMD_HUGE;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
index c4d3da68b800..1aed0432c64b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	struct page *head, *page, *tail;
 	int refs;
 
-	if (!pmd_large(pmd))
+	if (!(pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_VALID))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (write && !pmd_write(pmd))