diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 9cf8e304bb56..3f74db7b0a31 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ extern pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 				 PMD_TYPE_TABLE)
 #define pmd_sect(pmd)		((pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_TYPE_MASK) == \
 				 PMD_TYPE_SECT)
-#define pmd_leaf(pmd)		pmd_sect(pmd)
+#define pmd_leaf(pmd)		(pmd_present(pmd) && !pmd_table(pmd))
 #define pmd_bad(pmd)		(!pmd_table(pmd))
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES) || CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS < 3
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 #define pud_none(pud)		(!pud_val(pud))
 #define pud_bad(pud)		(!pud_table(pud))
 #define pud_present(pud)	pte_present(pud_pte(pud))
-#define pud_leaf(pud)		pud_sect(pud)
+#define pud_leaf(pud)		(pud_present(pud) && !pud_table(pud))
 #define pud_valid(pud)		pte_valid(pud_pte(pud))
 
 static inline void set_pud(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud)