diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3f0686b54701..bd7d39227344 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6662,10 +6662,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		} else if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_migration(pte))) {
 			swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
 			struct page *page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
+			pte_t newpte = pte;
 
-			if (!is_readable_migration_entry(entry)) {
-				pte_t newpte;
-
+			if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) {
 				if (PageAnon(page))
 					entry = make_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(
 								swp_offset(entry));
@@ -6673,13 +6672,15 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					entry = make_readable_migration_entry(
 								swp_offset(entry));
 				newpte = swp_entry_to_pte(entry);
-				if (uffd_wp)
-					newpte = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpte);
-				else if (uffd_wp_resolve)
-					newpte = pte_swp_clear_uffd_wp(newpte);
-				set_huge_pte_at(mm, address, ptep, newpte);
 				pages++;
 			}
+
+			if (uffd_wp)
+				newpte = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpte);
+			else if (uffd_wp_resolve)
+				newpte = pte_swp_clear_uffd_wp(newpte);
+			if (!pte_same(pte, newpte))
+				set_huge_pte_at(mm, address, ptep, newpte);
 		} else if (unlikely(is_pte_marker(pte))) {
 			/* No other markers apply for now. */
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_marker_uffd_wp(pte));