diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index fd9d9bac7cfa..79c3bdaaa0b4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			  pmd_t *pmd);
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE
-extern void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 			    pmd_t *pmdp);
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_DEPOSIT
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
index 4ae86bc0d35c..847ddffbf38a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -219,17 +219,28 @@ void set_pmd_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pmd_t old;
+
+	do {
+		old = *pmdp;
+	} while (cmpxchg64(&pmdp->pmd, old.pmd, pmd.pmd) != old.pmd);
+
+	return old;
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine is only called when splitting a THP
  */
-void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		     pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
-	pmd_t entry = *pmdp;
+	pmd_t old, entry;
 
-	pmd_val(entry) &= ~_PAGE_VALID;
-
-	set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, entry);
+	entry = __pmd(pmd_val(*pmdp) & ~_PAGE_VALID);
+	old = pmdp_establish(vma, address, pmdp, entry);
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 
 	/*
@@ -240,6 +251,8 @@ void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if ((pmd_val(entry) & _PAGE_PMD_HUGE) &&
 	    !is_huge_zero_page(pmd_page(entry)))
 		(vma->vm_mm)->context.thp_pte_count--;
+
+	return old;
 }
 
 void pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,