diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 57c486f0e89..24c8a536b58 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	pmd_t *pmd = NULL;
 
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
-	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
-	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+	if (pgd_present(*pgd)) {
+		pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
+		if (pud_present(*pud))
+			pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+	}
 	return (pte_t *) pmd;
 }