--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlb-simplify-the-code-when-alloc_huge_page-failed-in-hugetlb_no_page +++ a/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -4395,13 +4395,10 @@ retry: * sure there really is no pte entry. */ ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep); - if (!huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(ptep))) { - ret = 0; - spin_unlock(ptl); - goto out; - } + ret = 0; + if (huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(ptep))) + ret = vmf_error(PTR_ERR(page)); spin_unlock(ptl); - ret = vmf_error(PTR_ERR(page)); goto out; } clear_huge_page(page, address, pages_per_huge_page(h));