diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bd22bd8..e53f39c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2386,8 +2386,10 @@
 		/*
 		 * HWPoisoned hugepage is already unmapped and dropped reference
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned(pte)))
+		if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned(pte))) {
+			pte_clear(mm, address, ptep);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		page = pte_page(pte);
 		/*