diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index e64173db4970..9ceacd1156db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -177,11 +177,12 @@ static inline pmd_t *vmalloc_sync_one(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
 
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
 	pmd_k = pmd_offset(pud_k, address);
+
+	if (pmd_present(*pmd) != pmd_present(*pmd_k))
+		set_pmd(pmd, *pmd_k);
+
 	if (!pmd_present(*pmd_k))
 		return NULL;
-
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
-		set_pmd(pmd, *pmd_k);
 	else
 		BUG_ON(pmd_pfn(*pmd) != pmd_pfn(*pmd_k));
 
@@ -203,17 +204,13 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void)
 		spin_lock(&pgd_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(page, &pgd_list, lru) {
 			spinlock_t *pgt_lock;
-			pmd_t *ret;
 
 			/* the pgt_lock only for Xen */
 			pgt_lock = &pgd_page_get_mm(page)->page_table_lock;
 
 			spin_lock(pgt_lock);
-			ret = vmalloc_sync_one(page_address(page), address);
+			vmalloc_sync_one(page_address(page), address);
 			spin_unlock(pgt_lock);
-
-			if (!ret)
-				break;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&pgd_lock);
 	}