diff --git a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
index b6ac70616c32160d84ea5c3773b8fc23d2491d89..766062ce62a219ca25c70058a0190b5f2b7f5bfa 100644
--- a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
+++ b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 
 	p = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 	hpage = compound_head(p);
-	/*
-	 * This implies unable to support free buddy pages.
-	 */
-	if (!get_hwpoison_page(p))
-		return 0;
 
 	if (!hwpoison_filter_enable)
 		goto inject;
@@ -39,23 +34,20 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 	 * This implies unable to support non-LRU pages.
 	 */
 	if (!PageLRU(hpage) && !PageHuge(p))
-		goto put_out;
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * do a racy check with elevated page count, to make sure PG_hwpoison
-	 * will only be set for the targeted owner (or on a free page).
+	 * do a racy check to make sure PG_hwpoison will only be set for
+	 * the targeted owner (or on a free page).
 	 * memory_failure() will redo the check reliably inside page lock.
 	 */
 	err = hwpoison_filter(hpage);
 	if (err)
-		goto put_out;
+		return 0;
 
 inject:
 	pr_info("Injecting memory failure at pfn %#lx\n", pfn);
-	return memory_failure(pfn, MF_COUNT_INCREASED);
-put_out:
-	put_hwpoison_page(p);
-	return 0;
+	return memory_failure(pfn, 0);
 }
 
 static int hwpoison_unpoison(void *data, u64 val)