diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 1242f71..616b2ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ extern pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 extern void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				    unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep);
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-extern void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep);
+extern pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				   unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep);
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTE_CLEAR
 extern void huge_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			   pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index cbace1c..ca8e65c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -486,19 +486,17 @@ void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, hugeprot));
 }
 
-void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			   unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			    unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	size_t pgsize;
 	int ncontig;
 
-	if (!pte_cont(READ_ONCE(*ptep))) {
-		ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (!pte_cont(READ_ONCE(*ptep)))
+		return ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
 
 	ncontig = find_num_contig(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, &pgsize);
-	clear_flush(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, pgsize, ncontig);
+	return get_clear_flush(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, pgsize, ncontig);
 }
 
 static int __init hugetlbpage_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 7e46ebd..026ead4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ static inline int is_hugepage_only_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
 #define is_hugepage_only_range is_hugepage_only_range
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	return *ptep;
 }
 
 #include <asm-generic/hugetlb.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index c214440..fd69c88 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -43,16 +43,19 @@ static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	pte_t pte;
+
 	/*
 	 * clear the huge pte entry firstly, so that the other smp threads will
 	 * not get old pte entry after finishing flush_tlb_page and before
 	 * setting new huge pte entry
 	 */
-	huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
+	pte = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
 	flush_tlb_page(vma, addr);
+	return pte;
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTE_NONE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index a69cf9e..f7f078c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	return *ptep;
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_SET_WRPROTECT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 6a1a1ac..8a5674f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
+	pte_t pte;
+
+	pte = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
 	flush_hugetlb_page(vma, addr);
+	return pte;
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 32c3fd6..f22beda 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ static inline void huge_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		set_pte(ptep, __pte(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_EMPTY));
 }
 
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep);
+	return huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep);
 }
 
 static inline int huge_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index ae4de7b..4d3ba39 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	return *ptep;
 }
 
 static inline void arch_clear_hugepage_flags(struct page *page)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
index 53838a1..0a26cca 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			      pte_t *ptep);
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					 unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	return *ptep;
 }
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_SET_WRPROTECT
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h b/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
index 896f341..a57d667 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ static inline pte_t huge_ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
-static inline void huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+static inline pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
+	return ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
 }
 #endif
 
