diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bce28cca73a10..64a3239b6407e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7246,7 +7246,12 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				pte = (pte_t *)pmd_alloc(mm, pud, addr);
 		}
 	}
-	BUG_ON(pte && pte_present(ptep_get(pte)) && !pte_huge(ptep_get(pte)));
+
+	if (pte) {
+		pte_t pteval = ptep_get_lockless(pte);
+
+		BUG_ON(pte_present(pteval) && !pte_huge(pteval));
+	}
 
 	return pte;
 }