diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 9e0625167517..9fa7c72ac1a6 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -488,6 +488,14 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end,
 		if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma))
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * Skip VMAs without shareable locks. Per the design in commit
+		 * 40549ba8f8e0, these will be handled by remove_inode_hugepages()
+		 * called after this function with proper locking.
+		 */
+		if (!__vma_shareable_lock(vma))
+			goto skip;
+
 		v_start = vma_offset_start(vma, start);
 		v_end = vma_offset_end(vma, end);
 
@@ -498,7 +506,8 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end,
 		 * vmas.  Therefore, lock is not held when calling
 		 * unmap_hugepage_range for private vmas.
 		 */
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
+skip:
+		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 	}
 }