diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 561a42567477..811d19b5c4f6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2206,9 +2206,12 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 				entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
 			if (!young)
 				entry = pte_mkold(entry);
-			/* NOTE: this may set soft-dirty too on some archs */
-			if (dirty)
-				entry = pte_mkdirty(entry);
+			/*
+			 * NOTE: we don't do pte_mkdirty when dirty==true
+			 * because it breaks sparc64 which can sigsegv
+			 * random process.  Need to revisit when we figure
+			 * out what is special with sparc64.
+			 */
 			if (soft_dirty)
 				entry = pte_mksoft_dirty(entry);
 			if (uffd_wp)