diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index cb2dcdb18f8ec4a18b56165b9204dc34d86f38ec..a3dcdb2d5b4b6a5c46df5c2d06c150a971754b85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ void assert_pte_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
+	pte_t *pte;
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
 	if (mm == &init_mm)
 		return;
@@ -329,8 +331,10 @@ void assert_pte_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	 */
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
 		return;
-	BUG_ON(!pmd_present(*pmd));
-	assert_spin_locked(pte_lockptr(mm, pmd));
+	pte = pte_offset_map_nolock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	BUG_ON(!pte);
+	assert_spin_locked(ptl);
+	pte_unmap(pte);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */