diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 07bdf5dd8ebe..0212129b13d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 	pr_err("%s:%d: bad pmd %016llx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pmd_val(e))
 
 #define pud_none(pud)		(!pud_val(pud))
-#define pud_bad(pud)		(!pud_table(pud))
+#define pud_bad(pud)		((pud_val(pud) & PUD_TYPE_MASK) != \
+				 PUD_TYPE_TABLE)
 #define pud_present(pud)	pte_present(pud_pte(pud))
 #define pud_leaf(pud)		(pud_present(pud) && !pud_table(pud))
 #define pud_valid(pud)		pte_valid(pud_pte(pud))