diff --git a/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c b/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
index c193de6cb23a..737c407f4081 100644
--- a/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
+++ b/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int wp_clean_pud_entry(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 			      struct mm_walk *walk)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
-	pud_t pudval = READ_ONCE(*pud);
+	pud_t pudval = pudp_get(pud);
 
 	/* Do not split a huge pud */
 	if (pud_trans_huge(pudval)) {