diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index e4068906143b..cea84d7f2b91 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 		}
 	}
-	return (pte_t *) pmd;
+	return pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd)) ? NULL : (pte_t *) pmd;
 }
 
 uint64_t pmd_to_entrylo(unsigned long pmd_val)