1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 237c8e5f2640..77fdd2cef33b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -592,8 +592,14 @@ static void hugetlb_free_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
         do {
                 pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
                 next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-                if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
+                if (!is_hugepd(pmd)) {
+                        /*
+                         * if it is not hugepd pointer, we should already find
+                         * it cleared.
+                         */
+                        WARN_ON(!pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd));
                         continue;
+                }
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
                 /*
                  * Increment next by the size of the huge mapping since