diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 1aa7ca67c756..a55fb1dcd224 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -941,6 +941,14 @@ static inline int check_pmd_state(pmd_t *pmd)
 
 	if (pmd_none(pmde))
 		return SCAN_PMD_NONE;
+
+	/*
+	 * The folio may be under migration when khugepaged is trying to
+	 * collapse it. Migration success or failure will eventually end
+	 * up with a present PMD mapping a folio again.
+	 */
+	if (is_pmd_migration_entry(pmde))
+		return SCAN_PMD_MAPPED;
 	if (!pmd_present(pmde))
 		return SCAN_PMD_NULL;
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(pmde))