diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index a10c67728e46af129f4928f10981e76dcc4debea..2f8a099f014b128c4e24df508ca69706b8013335 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,11 @@ static unsigned char __swap_entry_free_locked(struct swap_info_struct *p,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Note that when only holding the PTL, swapoff might succeed immediately
+ * after freeing a swap entry. Therefore, immediately after
+ * __swap_entry_free(), the swap info might become stale and should not
+ * be touched without a prior get_swap_device().
+ *
  * Check whether swap entry is valid in the swap device.  If so,
  * return pointer to swap_info_struct, and keep the swap entry valid
  * via preventing the swap device from being swapoff, until
@@ -1899,13 +1904,19 @@ int free_swap_and_cache(swp_entry_t entry)
 	if (non_swap_entry(entry))
 		return 1;
 
-	p = _swap_info_get(entry);
+	p = get_swap_device(entry);
 	if (p) {
+		if (WARN_ON(data_race(!p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)]))) {
+			put_swap_device(p);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		count = __swap_entry_free(p, entry);
 		if (count == SWAP_HAS_CACHE &&
 		    !swap_page_trans_huge_swapped(p, entry))
 			__try_to_reclaim_swap(p, swp_offset(entry),
 					      TTRS_UNMAPPED | TTRS_FULL);
+		put_swap_device(p);
 	}
 	return p != NULL;
 }