diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 6bc34d79cfa2..651978317081 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3907,6 +3907,10 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
+	/* Do not check unstable pmd, if it's changed will retry later */
+	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_SPECULATIVE)
+		goto skip_pmd_checks;
+
 	/*
 	 * Use pte_alloc() instead of pte_alloc_map().  We can't run
 	 * pte_offset_map() on pmds where a huge pmd might be created
@@ -3924,6 +3928,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (unlikely(pmd_trans_unstable(vmf->pmd)))
 		return 0;
 
+skip_pmd_checks:
 	/* Use the zero-page for reads */
 	if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) &&
 			!mm_forbids_zeropage(vma->vm_mm)) {