diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index a3af058f68e4..412ba2b7326a 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
 			else if (change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr, newprot,
 						 prot_numa)) {
-				pages += HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+				pages++;
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* fall through */