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diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bb17e5c22759..23ef240ba48a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6780,11 +6780,20 @@ int hugetlb_mfill_atomic_pte(pte_t *dst_pte,
}
/*
- * The memory barrier inside __folio_mark_uptodate makes sure that
- * preceding stores to the page contents become visible before
- * the set_pte_at() write.
+ * If we just allocated a new page, we need a memory barrier to ensure
+ * that preceding stores to the page become visible before the
+ * set_pte_at() write. The memory barrier inside __folio_mark_uptodate
+ * is what we need.
+ *
+ * In the case where we have not allocated a new page (is_continue),
+ * the page must already be uptodate. UFFDIO_CONTINUE already includes
+ * an earlier smp_wmb() to ensure that prior stores will be visible
+ * before the set_pte_at() write.
*/
- __folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
+ if (!is_continue)
+ __folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
+ else
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_uptodate(folio));
/* Add shared, newly allocated pages to the page cache. */
if (vm_shared && !is_continue) {