diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 8eb7bb40dc40..f7cb3d4d9c2e 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -160,9 +160,11 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd)) {
-			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
+			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
 				split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr);
-			else {
+				if (pmd_none(*pmd))
+					continue;
+			} else {
 				int nr_ptes = change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr,
 						newprot, prot_numa);
 
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index d77946a997f7..8eeba02fc991 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				}
 			}
 			split_huge_pmd(vma, old_pmd, old_addr);
+			if (pmd_none(*old_pmd))
+				continue;
 			VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*old_pmd));
 		}
 		if (pmd_none(*new_pmd) && __pte_alloc(new_vma->vm_mm, new_vma,