diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index ed1a225dd198..8e0d05bd3d56 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,11 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		};
 
 		if (!pte++) {
-			pte = pte_offset_map_nolock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
+			/*
+			 * Here the ptl is only used to check pte_same() in
+			 * do_swap_page(), so readonly version is enough.
+			 */
+			pte = pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
 			if (!pte) {
 				mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 				result = SCAN_PMD_NULL;