diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 5cb401aa2b9d..9a0135b39b19 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1460,14 +1460,6 @@ int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false, false))
 		return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
 
-	/*
-	 * Symmetry with retract_page_tables(): Exclude MAP_PRIVATE mappings
-	 * that got written to. Without this, we'd have to also lock the
-	 * anon_vma if one exists.
-	 */
-	if (vma->anon_vma)
-		return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
-
 	/* Keep pmd pgtable for uffd-wp; see comment in retract_page_tables() */
 	if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
 		return SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
@@ -1567,8 +1559,14 @@ int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 
 	/* step 4: remove pte entries */
+	/* we make no change to anon, but protect concurrent anon page lookup */
+	if (vma->anon_vma)
+		anon_vma_lock_write(vma->anon_vma);
+
 	collapse_and_free_pmd(mm, vma, haddr, pmd);
 
+	if (vma->anon_vma)
+		anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma);
 	i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 
 maybe_install_pmd: