diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
index 95d479d5e40f..fcaceac60659 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int atomic_pte_lookup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vaddr,
 		goto err;
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, vaddr);
-	if (unlikely(p4d_none(*p4dp)))
+	if (unlikely(p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4dp))))
 		goto err;
 
 	pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, vaddr);
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 00719a0f688c..4044e15cdfd9 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
 		goto out;
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+	if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		goto out;
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
 	if (!pud_present(pudp_get(pud)))
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index eb993ef0946f..689cd5a32157 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1081,7 +1081,8 @@ static inline int pgd_same(pgd_t pgd_a, pgd_t pgd_b)
 
 #define set_p4d_safe(p4dp, p4d) \
 ({ \
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_present(*p4dp) && !p4d_same(*p4dp, p4d)); \
+	p4d_t __old = p4dp_get(p4dp); \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_present(__old) && !p4d_same(__old, p4d)); \
 	set_p4d(p4dp, p4d); \
 })
 
@@ -1251,9 +1252,11 @@ static inline int pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd_t *pgd)
 
 static inline int p4d_none_or_clear_bad(p4d_t *p4d)
 {
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
+	p4d_t old_p4d = p4dp_get(p4d);
+
+	if (p4d_none(old_p4d))
 		return 1;
-	if (unlikely(p4d_bad(*p4d))) {
+	if (unlikely(p4d_bad(old_p4d))) {
 		p4d_clear_bad(p4d);
 		return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 35e2f2789246..4e56a276ed25 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7611,7 +7611,7 @@ static u64 perf_get_pgtable_size(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 		return pgd_leaf_size(pgd);
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset_lockless(pgdp, pgd, addr);
-	p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
+	p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
 	if (!p4d_present(p4d))
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 300fc7eb306c..3a97d0263052 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	p4d_t *p4dp, p4d;
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, address);
-	p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
+	p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(p4d_leaf(p4d));
 
 	if (!p4d_present(p4d) || p4d_bad(p4d))
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static int get_gate_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
+	if (p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
 	if (pud_none(pudp_get(pud)))
@@ -3245,7 +3245,7 @@ static int gup_fast_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr,
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset_lockless(pgdp, pgd, addr);
 	do {
-		p4d_t p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
+		p4d_t p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
 
 		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (!p4d_present(p4d))
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a3820242b01e..4fdb91c8cc2b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7454,7 +7454,7 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
 		return NULL;
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+	if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
diff --git a/mm/kasan/init.c b/mm/kasan/init.c
index f4cf519443e1..02af738fee5e 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/init.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/init.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int __ref zero_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
+		if (p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 			pud_t *p;
 
 			if (slab_is_available()) {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void kasan_free_pud(pud_t *pud_start, p4d_t *p4d)
 			return;
 	}
 
-	pud_free(&init_mm, (pud_t *)page_to_virt(p4d_page(*p4d)));
+	pud_free(&init_mm, (pud_t *)page_to_virt(p4d_page(p4dp_get(p4d))));
 	p4d_clear(p4d);
 }
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void kasan_free_p4d(p4d_t *p4d_start, pgd_t *pgd)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_P4D; i++) {
 		p4d = p4d_start + i;
-		if (!p4d_none(*p4d))
+		if (!p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 			return;
 	}
 
@@ -434,10 +434,10 @@ static void kasan_remove_p4d_table(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
 
 		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
 
-		if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+		if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 			continue;
 
-		if (kasan_pud_table(*p4d)) {
+		if (kasan_pud_table(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 			if (IS_ALIGNED(addr, P4D_SIZE) &&
 			    IS_ALIGNED(next, P4D_SIZE)) {
 				p4d_clear(p4d);
diff --git a/mm/kasan/shadow.c b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
index dbd8164c75f1..52150cc5ae5f 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/shadow.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static bool shadow_mapped(unsigned long addr)
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
 		return false;
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
+	if (p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		return false;
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 	if (pud_none(pudp_get(pud)))
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index fbb63401fb51..3d900cc039b3 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static unsigned long dev_pagemap_mapping_shift(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
 		return 0;
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+	if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		return 0;
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
 	if (!pud_present(pudp_get(pud)))
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 801750e4337c..5056f39f2c3b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ static int apply_to_p4d_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 				     pte_fn_t fn, void *data, bool create,
 				     pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
 {
-	p4d_t *p4d;
+	p4d_t *p4d, old_p4d;
 	unsigned long next;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -2919,11 +2919,12 @@ static int apply_to_p4d_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
 	}
 	do {
 		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (p4d_none(*p4d) && !create)
+		old_p4d = p4dp_get(p4d);
+		if (p4d_none(old_p4d) && !create)
 			continue;
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_leaf(*p4d)))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_leaf(old_p4d)))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!p4d_none(*p4d) && WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_bad(*p4d))) {
+		if (!p4d_none(old_p4d) && WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_bad(old_p4d))) {
 			if (!create)
 				continue;
 			p4d_clear_bad(p4d);
@@ -6075,7 +6076,7 @@ int __pud_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long address)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d)) {
+	if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 		mm_inc_nr_puds(mm);
 		smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
 		p4d_populate(mm, p4d, new);
@@ -6143,7 +6144,7 @@ int follow_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
-	p4d_t *p4d;
+	p4d_t *p4d, old_p4d;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *ptep;
@@ -6160,7 +6161,8 @@ int follow_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		goto out;
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d) || unlikely(p4d_bad(*p4d)))
+	old_p4d = p4dp_get(p4d);
+	if (p4d_none(old_p4d) || unlikely(p4d_bad(old_p4d)))
 		goto out;
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
diff --git a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
index 511266307771..a33f92db2666 100644
--- a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
+++ b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ bool page_vma_mapped_walk(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
 			continue;
 		}
 		p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, pvmw->address);
-		if (!p4d_present(*p4d)) {
+		if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 			step_forward(pvmw, P4D_SIZE);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 5f32164b04a2..58660e8eb892 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ void __init __weak pcpu_populate_pte(unsigned long addr)
 	}
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
+	if (p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 		pud = memblock_alloc(PUD_TABLE_SIZE, PUD_TABLE_SIZE);
 		if (!pud)
 			goto err_alloc;
diff --git a/mm/pgalloc-track.h b/mm/pgalloc-track.h
index 0f6b809431a3..3db8ccbcb141 100644
--- a/mm/pgalloc-track.h
+++ b/mm/pgalloc-track.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_track(struct mm_struct *mm, p4d_t *p4d,
 				     unsigned long address,
 				     pgtbl_mod_mask *mod_mask)
 {
-	if (unlikely(p4d_none(*p4d))) {
+	if (unlikely(p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d)))) {
 		if (__pud_alloc(mm, p4d, address))
 			return NULL;
 		*mod_mask |= PGTBL_P4D_MODIFIED;
diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index e09e3f920f7a..f5ab52beb536 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void pgd_clear_bad(pgd_t *pgd)
 #ifndef __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED
 void p4d_clear_bad(p4d_t *p4d)
 {
-	p4d_ERROR(*p4d);
+	p4d_ERROR(p4dp_get(p4d));
 	p4d_clear(p4d);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/ptdump.c b/mm/ptdump.c
index 32ae8e829329..2c40224b8ad0 100644
--- a/mm/ptdump.c
+++ b/mm/ptdump.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int ptdump_p4d_entry(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long next, struct mm_walk *walk)
 {
 	struct ptdump_state *st = walk->private;
-	p4d_t val = READ_ONCE(*p4d);
+	p4d_t val = p4dp_get(p4d);
 
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 3 && \
 		(defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS))
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 81f1946653e0..a0ff325467eb 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ pmd_t *mm_find_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 		goto out;
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+	if (!p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 		goto out;
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index d8ea64ec665f..2bd1c95f107a 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void __weak __meminit pud_init(void *addr)
 p4d_t * __meminit vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, int node)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
+	if (p4d_none(p4dp_get(p4d))) {
 		void *p = vmemmap_alloc_block_zero(PAGE_SIZE, node);
 		if (!p)
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 05292d998122..f27ecac7bd6e 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int vmap_try_huge_p4d(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	if (!IS_ALIGNED(phys_addr, P4D_SIZE))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (p4d_present(*p4d) && !p4d_free_pud_page(p4d, addr))
+	if (p4d_present(p4dp_get(p4d)) && !p4d_free_pud_page(p4d, addr))
 		return 0;
 
 	return p4d_set_huge(p4d, phys_addr, prot);
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void vunmap_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
 
 		p4d_clear_huge(p4d);
-		if (p4d_bad(*p4d))
+		if (p4d_bad(p4dp_get(p4d)))
 			*mask |= PGTBL_P4D_MODIFIED;
 
 		if (p4d_none_or_clear_bad(p4d))
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *vmalloc_addr)
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) vmalloc_addr;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-	p4d_t *p4d;
+	p4d_t *p4d, old_p4d;
 	pud_t *pud, old_pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd, old_pmd;
 	pte_t *ptep, pte;
@@ -760,11 +760,12 @@ struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *vmalloc_addr)
 		return NULL;
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
+	old_p4d = p4dp_get(p4d);
+	if (p4d_none(old_p4d))
 		return NULL;
-	if (p4d_leaf(*p4d))
-		return p4d_page(*p4d) + ((addr & ~P4D_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_bad(*p4d)))
+	if (p4d_leaf(old_p4d))
+		return p4d_page(old_p4d) + ((addr & ~P4D_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_bad(old_p4d)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 04b03e6c3095..b16925b5f072 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3579,7 +3579,7 @@ static int walk_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	unsigned long next;
 	struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk = args->private;
 
-	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_leaf(*p4d));
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_leaf(p4dp_get(p4d)));
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, start & P4D_MASK);
 restart:
