diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index b60de92e2edc..3935428c57cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ extern int copy_pte_range(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 			  pmd_t *dst_pmd, pmd_t *src_pmd,
 			  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			  unsigned long addr, unsigned long end);
-extern int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
-			    struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-			    pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags);
 extern int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list);
 static inline int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 928df792c005..8b6e55ee8855 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -877,11 +877,12 @@ static inline int page_mapped(struct page *page)
 #define VM_FAULT_NOPAGE	0x0100	/* ->fault installed the pte, not return page */
 #define VM_FAULT_LOCKED	0x0200	/* ->fault locked the returned page */
 #define VM_FAULT_RETRY	0x0400	/* ->fault blocked, must retry */
+#define VM_FAULT_FALLBACK 0x0800	/* huge page fault failed, fall back to small */
 
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE_MASK 0xf000 /* encodes hpage index for large hwpoison */
 
 #define VM_FAULT_ERROR	(VM_FAULT_OOM | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | \
-			 VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
+			 VM_FAULT_FALLBACK | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
 
 /* Encode hstate index for a hwpoisoned large page */
 #define VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(x) ((x) << 12)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 6551dd06dd64..243f4cc75777 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -783,10 +783,9 @@ int do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long haddr = address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
-	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (haddr < vma->vm_start || haddr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE > vma->vm_end)
-		goto out;
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	if (unlikely(khugepaged_enter(vma)))
@@ -803,7 +802,7 @@ int do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (unlikely(!zero_page)) {
 			pte_free(mm, pgtable);
 			count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
-			goto out;
+			return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 		set = set_huge_zero_page(pgtable, mm, vma, haddr, pmd,
@@ -819,40 +818,20 @@ int do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			vma, haddr, numa_node_id(), 0);
 	if (unlikely(!page)) {
 		count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
-		goto out;
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	}
 	count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_ALLOC);
 	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_newpage_charge(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		put_page(page);
-		goto out;
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(__do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(mm, vma, haddr, pmd, page))) {
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(page);
 		put_page(page);
-		goto out;
+		return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-out:
-	/*
-	 * Use __pte_alloc instead of pte_alloc_map, because we can't
-	 * run pte_offset_map on the pmd, if an huge pmd could
-	 * materialize from under us from a different thread.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(pmd_none(*pmd)) &&
-	    unlikely(__pte_alloc(mm, vma, pmd, address)))
-		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
-	/* if an huge pmd materialized from under us just retry later */
-	if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)))
-		return 0;
-	/*
-	 * A regular pmd is established and it can't morph into a huge pmd
-	 * from under us anymore at this point because we hold the mmap_sem
-	 * read mode and khugepaged takes it in write mode. So now it's
-	 * safe to run pte_offset_map().
-	 */
-	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
-	return handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, flags);
 }
 
 int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5ec6f199e685..ca0003947115 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3695,7 +3695,7 @@ static int do_pmd_numa_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
  * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
  */
-int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
+static int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		     struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		     pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -3774,9 +3774,12 @@ retry:
 	if (!pmd)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd) && transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma)) {
+		int ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 		if (!vma->vm_ops)
-			return do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(mm, vma, address,
-							  pmd, flags);
+			ret = do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(mm, vma, address,
+					pmd, flags);
+		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
+			return ret;
 	} else {
 		pmd_t orig_pmd = *pmd;
 		int ret;