diff --git a/mm/pagewalk.c b/mm/pagewalk.c
index 4eb09e089881..ec41e7552f37 100644
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c
+++ b/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int walk_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	do {
 again:
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (pmd_none(*pmd) || !walk->vma) {
+		if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
 			if (ops->pte_hole)
 				err = ops->pte_hole(addr, next, walk);
 			if (err)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int walk_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	do {
  again:
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (pud_none(*pud) || !walk->vma) {
+		if (pud_none(*pud)) {
 			if (ops->pte_hole)
 				err = ops->pte_hole(addr, next, walk);
 			if (err)
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int __walk_page_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	int err = 0;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = walk->vma;
 
-	if (vma && is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
+	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
 		if (walk->ops->hugetlb_entry)
 			err = walk_hugetlb_range(start, end, walk);
 	} else
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ int walk_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 		if (!vma) { /* after the last vma */
 			walk.vma = NULL;
 			next = end;
+			if (ops->pte_hole)
+				err = ops->pte_hole(start, next, &walk);
 		} else if (start < vma->vm_start) { /* outside vma */
 			walk.vma = NULL;
 			next = min(end, vma->vm_start);
+			if (ops->pte_hole)
+				err = ops->pte_hole(start, next, &walk);
 		} else { /* inside vma */
 			walk.vma = vma;
 			next = min(end, vma->vm_end);
@@ -344,9 +348,8 @@ int walk_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 			}
 			if (err < 0)
 				break;
-		}
-		if (walk.vma || walk.ops->pte_hole)
 			err = __walk_page_range(start, next, &walk);
+		}
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	} while (start = next, start < end);