diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 2527dfeddb003d245ac2e2bd964134030426f777..342fac9ba89b0da3e207b1fdaef2be71c9837a24 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1595,12 +1595,8 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_info("soft offline: %#lx: migration failed %d, type %lx (%pGp)\n",
 			pfn, ret, page->flags, &page->flags);
-		/*
-		 * We know that soft_offline_huge_page() tries to migrate
-		 * only one hugepage pointed to by hpage, so we need not
-		 * run through the pagelist here.
-		 */
-		putback_active_hugepage(hpage);
+		if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
+			putback_movable_pages(&pagelist);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = -EIO;
 	} else {