diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
index a1a7c6520a0954..ecea48affd7aa6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -976,7 +976,14 @@ static inline bool pte_user_accessible_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long
 
 static inline bool pmd_user_accessible_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pmd_t pmd)
 {
-	return pmd_leaf(pmd) && pmd_user(pmd);
+	/*
+	 * page_table_check() must ignore THP split invalidation entries created by
+	 * pmd_mkinvalid(). These retain _PAGE_LEAF so pmd_present()/pmd_leaf() stay
+	 * true during the split, but they no longer describe a user-accessible
+	 * mapping once both _PAGE_PRESENT and _PAGE_PROT_NONE are cleared.
+	 */
+	return (pmd_val(pmd) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROT_NONE)) &&
+		(pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_LEAF) && pmd_user(pmd);
 }
 
 static inline bool pud_user_accessible_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t pud)