diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d9a21d06b862..f8ffd9412ec5 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1795,14 +1795,17 @@ static int __split_huge_page_map(struct page *page,
 		for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++, haddr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 			pte_t *pte, entry;
 			BUG_ON(PageCompound(page+i));
+			/*
+			 * Note that pmd_numa is not transferred deliberately
+			 * to avoid any possibility that pte_numa leaks to
+			 * a PROT_NONE VMA by accident.
+			 */
 			entry = mk_pte(page + i, vma->vm_page_prot);
 			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 			if (!pmd_write(*pmd))
 				entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
 			if (!pmd_young(*pmd))
 				entry = pte_mkold(entry);
-			if (pmd_numa(*pmd))
-				entry = pte_mknuma(entry);
 			pte = pte_offset_map(&_pmd, haddr);
 			BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 			set_pte_at(mm, haddr, pte, entry);