diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3fc5a214f0b9..52475c4262e4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6604,8 +6604,17 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		spinlock_t *ptl;
 		ptep = huge_pte_offset(mm, address, psize);
 		if (!ptep) {
-			address |= last_addr_mask;
-			continue;
+			if (!uffd_wp) {
+				address |= last_addr_mask;
+				continue;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * Userfaultfd wr-protect requires pgtable
+			 * pre-allocations to install pte markers.
+			 */
+			ptep = huge_pte_alloc(mm, vma, address, psize);
+			if (!ptep)
+				break;
 		}
 		ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
 		if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, ptep)) {