diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 2eb54c0d5d3c..c7b920291a72 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1012,13 +1012,25 @@ copy_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
 	progress = 0;
 	init_rss_vec(rss);
 
+	/*
+	 * copy_pmd_range()'s prior pmd_none_or_clear_bad(src_pmd), and the
+	 * error handling here, assume that exclusive mmap_lock on dst and src
+	 * protects anon from unexpected THP transitions; with shmem and file
+	 * protected by mmap_lock-less collapse skipping areas with anon_vma
+	 * (whereas vma_needs_copy() skips areas without anon_vma).  A rework
+	 * can remove such assumptions later, but this is good enough for now.
+	 */
 	dst_pte = pte_alloc_map_lock(dst_mm, dst_pmd, addr, &dst_ptl);
 	if (!dst_pte) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	src_pte = pte_offset_map(src_pmd, addr);
-	src_ptl = pte_lockptr(src_mm, src_pmd);
+	src_pte = pte_offset_map_nolock(src_mm, src_pmd, addr, &src_ptl);
+	if (!src_pte) {
+		pte_unmap_unlock(dst_pte, dst_ptl);
+		/* ret == 0 */
+		goto out;
+	}
 	spin_lock_nested(src_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	orig_src_pte = src_pte;
 	orig_dst_pte = dst_pte;
@@ -1083,8 +1095,7 @@ copy_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
 	} while (dst_pte++, src_pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 
 	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
-	spin_unlock(src_ptl);
-	pte_unmap(orig_src_pte);
+	pte_unmap_unlock(orig_src_pte, src_ptl);
 	add_mm_rss_vec(dst_mm, rss);
 	pte_unmap_unlock(orig_dst_pte, dst_ptl);
 	cond_resched();
@@ -1388,10 +1399,11 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	swp_entry_t entry;
 
 	tlb_change_page_size(tlb, PAGE_SIZE);
-again:
 	init_rss_vec(rss);
-	start_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
-	pte = start_pte;
+	start_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (!pte)
+		return addr;
+
 	flush_tlb_batched_pending(mm);
 	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	do {
@@ -1507,17 +1519,10 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	 * If we forced a TLB flush (either due to running out of
 	 * batch buffers or because we needed to flush dirty TLB
 	 * entries before releasing the ptl), free the batched
-	 * memory too. Restart if we didn't do everything.
+	 * memory too. Come back again if we didn't do everything.
 	 */
-	if (force_flush) {
-		force_flush = 0;
+	if (force_flush)
 		tlb_flush_mmu(tlb);
-	}
-
-	if (addr != end) {
-		cond_resched();
-		goto again;
-	}
 
 	return addr;
 }
@@ -1536,8 +1541,10 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		if (is_swap_pmd(*pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd)) {
 			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
 				__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr, false, NULL);
-			else if (zap_huge_pmd(tlb, vma, pmd, addr))
-				goto next;
+			else if (zap_huge_pmd(tlb, vma, pmd, addr)) {
+				addr = next;
+				continue;
+			}
 			/* fall through */
 		} else if (details && details->single_folio &&
 			   folio_test_pmd_mappable(details->single_folio) &&
@@ -1550,20 +1557,14 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			 */
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Here there can be other concurrent MADV_DONTNEED or
-		 * trans huge page faults running, and if the pmd is
-		 * none or trans huge it can change under us. This is
-		 * because MADV_DONTNEED holds the mmap_lock in read
-		 * mode.
-		 */
-		if (pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad(pmd))
-			goto next;
-		next = zap_pte_range(tlb, vma, pmd, addr, next, details);
-next:
-		cond_resched();
-	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
+		if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
+			addr = next;
+			continue;
+		}
+		addr = zap_pte_range(tlb, vma, pmd, addr, next, details);
+		if (addr != next)
+			pmd--;
+	} while (pmd++, cond_resched(), addr != end);
 
 	return addr;
 }
@@ -1905,6 +1906,10 @@ static int insert_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		const int batch_size = min_t(int, pages_to_write_in_pmd, 8);
 
 		start_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &pte_lock);
+		if (!start_pte) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		for (pte = start_pte; pte_idx < batch_size; ++pte, ++pte_idx) {
 			int err = insert_page_in_batch_locked(vma, pte,
 				addr, pages[curr_page_idx], prot);
@@ -2572,10 +2577,10 @@ static int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 		mapped_pte = pte = (mm == &init_mm) ?
 			pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr) :
 			pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+		if (!pte)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(pmd_huge(*pmd));
-
 	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 
 	if (fn) {
@@ -2804,7 +2809,6 @@ static inline int __wp_page_copy_user(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	int ret;
 	void *kaddr;
 	void __user *uaddr;
-	bool locked = false;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	unsigned long addr = vmf->address;
@@ -2830,12 +2834,12 @@ static inline int __wp_page_copy_user(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	 * On architectures with software "accessed" bits, we would
 	 * take a double page fault, so mark it accessed here.
 	 */
+	vmf->pte = NULL;
 	if (!arch_has_hw_pte_young() && !pte_young(vmf->orig_pte)) {
 		pte_t entry;
 
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, vmf->pmd, addr, &vmf->ptl);
-		locked = true;
-		if (!likely(pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
+		if (unlikely(!vmf->pte || !pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
 			/*
 			 * Other thread has already handled the fault
 			 * and update local tlb only
@@ -2857,13 +2861,12 @@ static inline int __wp_page_copy_user(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	 * zeroes.
 	 */
 	if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(kaddr, uaddr, PAGE_SIZE)) {
-		if (locked)
+		if (vmf->pte)
 			goto warn;
 
 		/* Re-validate under PTL if the page is still mapped */
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, vmf->pmd, addr, &vmf->ptl);
-		locked = true;
-		if (!likely(pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
+		if (unlikely(!vmf->pte || !pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
 			/* The PTE changed under us, update local tlb */
 			update_mmu_tlb(vma, addr, vmf->pte);
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
@@ -2888,7 +2891,7 @@ static inline int __wp_page_copy_user(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	ret = 0;
 
 pte_unlock:
-	if (locked)
+	if (vmf->pte)
 		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
 	flush_dcache_page(dst);
@@ -3110,7 +3113,7 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_copy(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * Re-check the pte - we dropped the lock
 	 */
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
-	if (likely(pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
+	if (likely(vmf->pte && pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
 		if (old_folio) {
 			if (!folio_test_anon(old_folio)) {
 				dec_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(&old_folio->page));
@@ -3178,19 +3181,20 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_copy(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		/* Free the old page.. */
 		new_folio = old_folio;
 		page_copied = 1;
-	} else {
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+	} else if (vmf->pte) {
 		update_mmu_tlb(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 	}
 
-	if (new_folio)
-		folio_put(new_folio);
-
-	pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 	/*
 	 * No need to double call mmu_notifier->invalidate_range() callback as
 	 * the above ptep_clear_flush_notify() did already call it.
 	 */
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_only_end(&range);
+
+	if (new_folio)
+		folio_put(new_folio);
 	if (old_folio) {
 		if (page_copied)
 			free_swap_cache(&old_folio->page);
@@ -3230,6 +3234,8 @@ vm_fault_t finish_mkwrite_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED));
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address,
 				       &vmf->ptl);
+	if (!vmf->pte)
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	/*
 	 * We might have raced with another page fault while we released the
 	 * pte_offset_map_lock.
@@ -3591,10 +3597,11 @@ static vm_fault_t remove_device_exclusive_entry(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address,
 				&vmf->ptl);
-	if (likely(pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
+	if (likely(vmf->pte && pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
 		restore_exclusive_pte(vma, vmf->page, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 
-	pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+	if (vmf->pte)
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 	folio_put(folio);
 
@@ -3625,6 +3632,8 @@ static vm_fault_t pte_marker_clear(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 				       vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
+	if (!vmf->pte)
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * Be careful so that we will only recover a special uffd-wp pte into a
 	 * none pte.  Otherwise it means the pte could have changed, so retry.
@@ -3728,11 +3737,9 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			vmf->page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
 			vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 					vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
-			if (unlikely(!pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
-				spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
-				goto out;
-			}
-
+			if (unlikely(!vmf->pte ||
+				     !pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
+				goto unlock;
 			/*
 			 * Get a page reference while we know the page can't be
 			 * freed.
@@ -3807,7 +3814,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			 */
 			vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 					vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
-			if (likely(pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
+			if (likely(vmf->pte && pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
 				ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
 			goto unlock;
 		}
@@ -3877,7 +3884,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 */
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address,
 			&vmf->ptl);
-	if (unlikely(!pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
+	if (unlikely(!vmf->pte || !pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)))
 		goto out_nomap;
 
 	if (unlikely(!folio_test_uptodate(folio))) {
@@ -4003,13 +4010,15 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/* No need to invalidate - it was non-present before */
 	update_mmu_cache(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 unlock:
-	pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+	if (vmf->pte)
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 out:
 	if (si)
 		put_swap_device(si);
 	return ret;
 out_nomap:
-	pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+	if (vmf->pte)
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 out_page:
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 out_release:
@@ -4041,22 +4050,12 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	/*
-	 * Use pte_alloc() instead of pte_alloc_map().  We can't run
-	 * pte_offset_map() on pmds where a huge pmd might be created
-	 * from a different thread.
-	 *
-	 * pte_alloc_map() is safe to use under mmap_write_lock(mm) or when
-	 * parallel threads are excluded by other means.
-	 *
-	 * Here we only have mmap_read_lock(mm).
+	 * Use pte_alloc() instead of pte_alloc_map(), so that OOM can
+	 * be distinguished from a transient failure of pte_offset_map().
 	 */
 	if (pte_alloc(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd))
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 
-	/* See comment in handle_pte_fault() */
-	if (unlikely(pmd_trans_unstable(vmf->pmd)))
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Use the zero-page for reads */
 	if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) &&
 			!mm_forbids_zeropage(vma->vm_mm)) {
@@ -4064,6 +4063,8 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 						vma->vm_page_prot));
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 				vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
+		if (!vmf->pte)
+			goto unlock;
 		if (vmf_pte_changed(vmf)) {
 			update_mmu_tlb(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 			goto unlock;
@@ -4104,6 +4105,8 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address,
 			&vmf->ptl);
+	if (!vmf->pte)
+		goto release;
 	if (vmf_pte_changed(vmf)) {
 		update_mmu_tlb(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 		goto release;
@@ -4131,7 +4134,8 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/* No need to invalidate - it was non-present before */
 	update_mmu_cache(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 unlock:
-	pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+	if (vmf->pte)
+		pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 	return ret;
 release:
 	folio_put(folio);
@@ -4380,15 +4384,10 @@ vm_fault_t finish_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * See comment in handle_pte_fault() for how this scenario happens, we
-	 * need to return NOPAGE so that we drop this page.
-	 */
-	if (pmd_devmap_trans_unstable(vmf->pmd))
-		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-
 	vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
 				      vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
+	if (!vmf->pte)
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 
 	/* Re-check under ptl */
 	if (likely(!vmf_pte_changed(vmf))) {
@@ -4630,17 +4629,11 @@ static vm_fault_t do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * The VMA was not fully populated on mmap() or missing VM_DONTEXPAND
 	 */
 	if (!vma->vm_ops->fault) {
-		/*
-		 * If we find a migration pmd entry or a none pmd entry, which
-		 * should never happen, return SIGBUS
-		 */
-		if (unlikely(!pmd_present(*vmf->pmd)))
+		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
+					       vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
+		if (unlikely(!vmf->pte))
 			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 		else {
-			vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vmf->vma->vm_mm,
-						       vmf->pmd,
-						       vmf->address,
-						       &vmf->ptl);
 			/*
 			 * Make sure this is not a temporary clearing of pte
 			 * by holding ptl and checking again. A R/M/W update
@@ -5429,10 +5422,9 @@ int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
 	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd));
 
-	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
-		goto out;
-
 	ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, ptlp);
+	if (!ptep)
+		goto out;
 	if (!pte_present(*ptep))
 		goto unlock;
 	*ptepp = ptep;
