diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 22ab365cce52..913559388fda 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
-		unsigned long haddr)
+		unsigned long haddr, bool freeze)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -2739,12 +2739,18 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		 * transferred to avoid any possibility of altering
 		 * permissions across VMAs.
 		 */
-		entry = mk_pte(page + i, vma->vm_page_prot);
-		entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
-		if (!write)
-			entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
-		if (!young)
-			entry = pte_mkold(entry);
+		if (freeze) {
+			swp_entry_t swp_entry;
+			swp_entry = make_migration_entry(page + i, write);
+			entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
+		} else {
+			entry = mk_pte(page + i, vma->vm_page_prot);
+			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
+			if (!write)
+				entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
+			if (!young)
+				entry = pte_mkold(entry);
+		}
 		pte = pte_offset_map(&_pmd, haddr);
 		BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 		set_pte_at(mm, haddr, pte, entry);
@@ -2785,7 +2791,7 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, haddr, haddr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 	ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
 	if (likely(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)))
-		__split_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pmd, haddr);
+		__split_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pmd, haddr, false);
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, haddr, haddr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 }