diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 58c1fb2aafa9..1945196fd743 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@ static int damon_mkold_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 
 	if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
 		ptl = pmd_lock(walk->mm, pmd);
+		if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) {
+			spin_unlock(ptl);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
 			damon_pmdp_mkold(pmd, walk->mm, addr);
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
@@ -530,6 +535,11 @@ static int damon_young_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
 		ptl = pmd_lock(walk->mm, pmd);
+		if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) {
+			spin_unlock(ptl);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		if (!pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
 			goto regular_page;