diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 4cc3871b65fc..54c317c8355f 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -580,6 +580,26 @@ static inline void set_huge_swap_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr
 	set_huge_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifndef huge_ptep_modify_prot_start
+#define huge_ptep_modify_prot_start huge_ptep_modify_prot_start
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_modify_prot_start(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	return huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit
+#define huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit
+static inline void huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
+						pte_t old_pte, pte_t pte)
+{
+	set_huge_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+}
+#endif
+
 #else	/* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 struct hstate {};
 #define alloc_huge_page(v, a, r) NULL
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2fb3062a3595..0c7848fccf93 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4399,10 +4399,12 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!huge_pte_none(pte)) {
-			pte = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(mm, address, ptep);
-			pte = pte_mkhuge(huge_pte_modify(pte, newprot));
+			pte_t old_pte;
+
+			old_pte = huge_ptep_modify_prot_start(vma, address, ptep);
+			pte = pte_mkhuge(huge_pte_modify(old_pte, newprot));
 			pte = arch_make_huge_pte(pte, vma, NULL, 0);
-			set_huge_pte_at(mm, address, ptep, pte);
+			huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, address, ptep, old_pte, pte);
 			pages++;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(ptl);