diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index d7d6d4eb1794..91ccae946716 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ enum ttu_flags {
 					 * do a final flush if necessary */
 	TTU_RMAP_LOCKED		= 0x80,	/* do not grab rmap lock:
 					 * caller holds it */
-	TTU_SPLIT_FREEZE	= 0x100,		/* freeze pte under splitting thp */
+	TTU_SPLIT_FREEZE	= 0x100, /* freeze pte under splitting thp */
+	TTU_SYNC		= 0x200, /* avoid racy checks with PVMW_SYNC */
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 47d95048f31e..9cb4e1e7e282 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static void unmap_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	enum ttu_flags ttu_flags = TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK | TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS |
-		TTU_RMAP_LOCKED | TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD;
+		TTU_RMAP_LOCKED | TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD | TTU_SYNC;
 	bool unmap_success;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
diff --git a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
index eff4b4520c8d..5a2a371a2c98 100644
--- a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
+++ b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
@@ -207,6 +207,17 @@ restart:
 			pvmw->ptl = NULL;
 		}
 	} else if (!pmd_present(pmde)) {
+		/*
+		 * If PVMW_SYNC, take and drop THP pmd lock so that we
+		 * cannot return prematurely, while zap_huge_pmd() has
+		 * cleared *pmd but not decremented compound_mapcount().
+		 */
+		if ((pvmw->flags & PVMW_SYNC) &&
+		    PageTransCompound(pvmw->page)) {
+			spinlock_t *ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pvmw->pmd);
+
+			spin_unlock(ptl);
+		}
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (!map_pte(pvmw))
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index cbde11c06a76..c61a6384d950 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1353,6 +1353,15 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
 	enum ttu_flags flags = (enum ttu_flags)arg;
 
+	/*
+	 * When racing against e.g. zap_pte_range() on another cpu,
+	 * in between its ptep_get_and_clear_full() and page_remove_rmap(),
+	 * try_to_unmap() may return false when it is about to become true,
+	 * if page table locking is skipped: use TTU_SYNC to wait for that.
+	 */
+	if (flags & TTU_SYNC)
+		pvmw.flags = PVMW_SYNC;
+
 	/* munlock has nothing to gain from examining un-locked vmas */
 	if ((flags & TTU_MUNLOCK) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED))
 		return true;
@@ -1731,7 +1740,13 @@ bool try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags)
 	else
 		rmap_walk(page, &rwc);
 
-	return !page_mapcount(page) ? true : false;
+	/*
+	 * When racing against e.g. zap_pte_range() on another cpu,
+	 * in between its ptep_get_and_clear_full() and page_remove_rmap(),
+	 * try_to_unmap() may return false when it is about to become true,
+	 * if page table locking is skipped: use TTU_SYNC to wait for that.
+	 */
+	return !page_mapcount(page);
 }
 
 /**