diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 4fe67a162cb4ef022d3555d336fc34e005a0f0b2..49b2ff776b78b730b4bc374e4886b5ca347a94a3 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ extern void putback_lru_page(struct page *page);
  */
 extern void __free_pages_bootmem(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
 extern void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+extern bool is_free_buddy_page(struct page *page);
+#endif
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 676ab394200e2e01da2beafafdd2d7a2f1ad5e1a..5055b940df5f170f21b52ad7bb209d623722a081 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -807,8 +807,13 @@ int __memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int trapno, int flags)
 	 */
 	if (!(flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED) &&
 		!get_page_unless_zero(compound_head(p))) {
-		action_result(pfn, "free or high order kernel", IGNORED);
-		return PageBuddy(compound_head(p)) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
+		if (is_free_buddy_page(p)) {
+			action_result(pfn, "free buddy", DELAYED);
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			action_result(pfn, "high order kernel", IGNORED);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 59d2e88fb47ceb80a5549c5d69d9c1788ecefe41..6867b4d391fd09df2c4f0e105e379619b104caab 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5081,3 +5081,24 @@ __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+bool is_free_buddy_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int order;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
+	for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
+		struct page *page_head = page - (pfn & ((1 << order) - 1));
+
+		if (PageBuddy(page_head) && page_order(page_head) >= order)
+			break;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+
+	return order < MAX_ORDER;
+}
+#endif