diff --git a/mm/mincore.c b/mm/mincore.c
index 16059ed47711..40cffbc6f6fc 100644
--- a/mm/mincore.c
+++ b/mm/mincore.c
@@ -28,30 +28,16 @@ static int mincore_hugetlb(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask, unsigned long addr,
 			unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
-	unsigned char present;
-	unsigned char *vec = walk->private;
+	const unsigned long nr = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned char resident;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	pte_t ptep;
 
 	ptl = huge_pte_lock(hstate_vma(walk->vma), walk->mm, pte);
-
-	/*
-	 * Hugepages under user process are always in RAM and never
-	 * swapped out, but theoretically it needs to be checked.
-	 */
-	if (!pte) {
-		present = 0;
-	} else {
-		const pte_t ptep = huge_ptep_get(walk->mm, addr, pte);
-
-		if (huge_pte_none(ptep) || pte_is_marker(ptep))
-			present = 0;
-		else
-			present = 1;
-	}
-
-	for (; addr != end; vec++, addr += PAGE_SIZE)
-		*vec = present;
-	walk->private = vec;
+	ptep = huge_ptep_get(walk->mm, addr, pte);
+	resident = !huge_pte_none(ptep) && !pte_is_marker(ptep);
+	memset(walk->private, resident, nr);
+	walk->private += nr;
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
 #else
 	BUG();