diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
index cfd219fe495c..f39968dd8063 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ size_t memcpy_real_iter(struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long src, size_t count)
 		pte = mk_pte_phys(phys, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
 
 		mutex_lock(&memcpy_real_mutex);
-		if (pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*memcpy_real_ptep)) {
+		if (pte_val(pte) != pte_val(ptep_get(memcpy_real_ptep))) {
 			__ptep_ipte(__memcpy_real_area, memcpy_real_ptep, 0, 0, IPTE_GLOBAL);
 			set_pte(memcpy_real_ptep, pte);
 		}