diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 45a15e26507c..486f1eef20d9 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4196,9 +4196,12 @@ vm_fault_t finish_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* See comment in handle_pte_fault() */
+	/*
+	 * 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 0;
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 
 skip_pmd_checks:
 	if (!pte_map_lock(vmf))