diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 237c8e5f2640..77fdd2cef33b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -592,8 +592,14 @@ static void hugetlb_free_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
 	do {
 		pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
+		if (!is_hugepd(pmd)) {
+			/*
+			 * if it is not hugepd pointer, we should already find
+			 * it cleared.
+			 */
+			WARN_ON(!pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd));
 			continue;
+		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
 		/*
 		 * Increment next by the size of the huge mapping since