1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 49fb1cf08611..bb1369f7b9b4 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3711,6 +3711,14 @@ retry:
                 if (pmd_trans_huge(orig_pmd)) {
                         unsigned int dirty = flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 
+                        /*
+                         * If the pmd is splitting, return and retry the
+                         * the fault.  Alternative: wait until the split
+                         * is done, and goto retry.
+                         */
+                        if (pmd_trans_splitting(orig_pmd))
+                                return 0;
+
                         if (pmd_numa(orig_pmd))
                                 return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(mm, vma, address,
                                                              orig_pmd, pmd);