diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 935aa8b71d1c..90acfea40c13 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -847,6 +847,10 @@ static int hugepage_vma_revalidate(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	return SCAN_SUCCEED;
 }
 
+/*
+ * See pmd_trans_unstable() for how the result may change out from
+ * underneath us, even if we hold mmap_lock in read.
+ */
 static int find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				   unsigned long address,
 				   pmd_t **pmd)
@@ -865,8 +869,12 @@ static int find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(struct mm_struct *mm,
 #endif
 	if (pmd_none(pmde))
 		return SCAN_PMD_NONE;
+	if (!pmd_present(pmde))
+		return SCAN_PMD_NULL;
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(pmde))
 		return SCAN_PMD_MAPPED;
+	if (pmd_devmap(pmde))
+		return SCAN_PMD_NULL;
 	if (pmd_bad(pmde))
 		return SCAN_PMD_NULL;
 	return SCAN_SUCCEED;