4 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 37994fb6120c..e814f66dfc2e 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -318,9 +318,11 @@ static int damon_mkold_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 	}
 
-	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
-		return 0;
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!pte) {
+		walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!pte_present(*pte))
 		goto out;
 	damon_ptep_mkold(pte, walk->vma, addr);
@@ -464,9 +466,11 @@ huge_out:
 regular_page:
 #endif	/* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
-	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
-		return -EINVAL;
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!pte) {
+		walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!pte_present(*pte))
 		goto out;
 	folio = damon_get_folio(pte_pfn(*pte));
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f06ca8c18e62..0241bb64978b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -514,10 +514,11 @@ static int queue_folios_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	if (ptl)
 		return queue_folios_pmd(pmd, ptl, addr, end, walk);
 
-	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
-		return 0;
-
 	mapped_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!pte) {
+		walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		if (!pte_present(*pte))
 			continue;
diff --git a/mm/mincore.c b/mm/mincore.c
index 2d5be013a25a..f33f6a0b1ded 100644
--- a/mm/mincore.c
+++ b/mm/mincore.c
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@ static int mincore_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd)) {
-		__mincore_unmapped_range(addr, end, vma, vec);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!ptep) {
+		walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	for (; addr != end; ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pte_t pte = *ptep;
 
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 40b43f8740df..9f2b1173b1b1 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ static int mlock_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 
 	start_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!start_pte) {
+		walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	for (pte = start_pte; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		if (!pte_present(*pte))
 			continue;