diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index da23eb96779f..4df39b1bde91 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1166,8 +1166,10 @@ alloc:
 		} else {
 			ret = do_huge_pmd_wp_page_fallback(mm, vma, address,
 					pmd, orig_pmd, page, haddr);
-			if (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM)
+			if (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 				split_huge_page(page);
+				ret |= VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+			}
 			put_page(page);
 		}
 		count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
@@ -1179,9 +1181,10 @@ alloc:
 		if (page) {
 			split_huge_page(page);
 			put_page(page);
-		}
+		} else
+			split_huge_page_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
+		ret |= VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 		count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
-		ret |= VM_FAULT_OOM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5f2001a7ab31..22dfa617bddb 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3704,7 +3704,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)))
 		return hugetlb_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
 
-retry:
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
 	pud = pud_alloc(mm, pgd, address);
 	if (!pud)
@@ -3742,20 +3741,13 @@ retry:
 			if (dirty && !pmd_write(orig_pmd)) {
 				ret = do_huge_pmd_wp_page(mm, vma, address, pmd,
 							  orig_pmd);
-				/*
-				 * If COW results in an oom, the huge pmd will
-				 * have been split, so retry the fault on the
-				 * pte for a smaller charge.
-				 */
-				if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_OOM))
-					goto retry;
-				return ret;
+				if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
+					return ret;
 			} else {
 				huge_pmd_set_accessed(mm, vma, address, pmd,
 						      orig_pmd, dirty);
+				return 0;
 			}
-
-			return 0;
 		}
 	}