diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 7acd12503f73..2c551b28ba69 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2408,7 +2408,14 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				BUG_ON(page_count(old_page) != 1);
 				BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
 				spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
-				goto retry_avoidcopy;
+				ptep = huge_pte_offset(mm, address & huge_page_mask(h));
+				if (likely(pte_same(huge_ptep_get(ptep), pte)))
+					goto retry_avoidcopy;
+				/*
+				 * race occurs while re-acquiring page_table_lock, and
+				 * our job is done.
+				 */
+				return 0;
 			}
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		}