diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e176ee386238..4ef55c26e114 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4108,9 +4108,12 @@ vm_fault_t finish_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	}
 
-	/* See comment in handle_pte_fault() */
+	/*
+	 * See comment in handle_pte_fault() for how this scenario happens, we
+	 * need to return NOPAGE so that we drop this page.
+	 */
 	if (pmd_devmap_trans_unstable(vmf->pmd))
-		return 0;
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 				      vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);