diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index f34e040b34e9ffbf0abe66b439571ec8902440ca..41c93844fb1d1ed5c0dbad77fe5a409557d66067 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -631,15 +631,19 @@ static inline void ClearPageSlabPfmemalloc(struct page *page)
 	 1 << PG_private | 1 << PG_private_2 | \
 	 1 << PG_writeback | 1 << PG_reserved | \
 	 1 << PG_slab	 | 1 << PG_swapcache | 1 << PG_active | \
-	 1 << PG_unevictable | __PG_MLOCKED | __PG_HWPOISON | \
+	 1 << PG_unevictable | __PG_MLOCKED | \
 	 __PG_COMPOUND_LOCK)
 
 /*
  * Flags checked when a page is prepped for return by the page allocator.
- * Pages being prepped should not have any flags set.  It they are set,
+ * Pages being prepped should not have these flags set.  It they are set,
  * there has been a kernel bug or struct page corruption.
+ *
+ * __PG_HWPOISON is exceptional because it needs to be kept beyond page's
+ * alloc-free cycle to prevent from reusing the page.
  */
-#define PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP	((1 << NR_PAGEFLAGS) - 1)
+#define PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP	\
+	(((1 << NR_PAGEFLAGS) - 1) & ~__PG_HWPOISON)
 
 #define PAGE_FLAGS_PRIVATE				\
 	(1 << PG_private | 1 << PG_private_2)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c107094f79bae9ee895bd6bf30976d900f16c141..097c7a4bfbd9f13f4845acae80d73aa7b0e66fb2 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1676,12 +1676,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page_refcount(struct page *page,
 		/* after clearing PageTail the gup refcount can be released */
 		smp_mb__after_atomic();
 
-		/*
-		 * retain hwpoison flag of the poisoned tail page:
-		 *   fix for the unsuitable process killed on Guest Machine(KVM)
-		 *   by the memory-failure.
-		 */
-		page_tail->flags &= ~PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP | __PG_HWPOISON;
+		page_tail->flags &= ~PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP;
 		page_tail->flags |= (page->flags &
 				     ((1L << PG_referenced) |
 				      (1L << PG_swapbacked) |
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index ee401e4e5ef187c92247d03dd6d2ea0893092d1c..f2415be7d93ba80f1b502fad1876221817c0b32c 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -950,7 +950,10 @@ static ICE_noinline int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
 		list_del(&page->lru);
 		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_ISOLATED_ANON +
 				page_is_file_cache(page));
-		if (reason != MR_MEMORY_FAILURE)
+		/* Soft-offlined page shouldn't go through lru cache list */
+		if (reason == MR_MEMORY_FAILURE)
+			put_page(page);
+		else
 			putback_lru_page(page);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cb61f44eb3fc4420406d72a04ad168b55524c47f..beda4171080232f37e779a3658045e1f813a1cff 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1296,6 +1296,10 @@ static inline int check_new_page(struct page *page)
 		bad_reason = "non-NULL mapping";
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0))
 		bad_reason = "nonzero _count";
+	if (unlikely(page->flags & __PG_HWPOISON)) {
+		bad_reason = "HWPoisoned (hardware-corrupted)";
+		bad_flags = __PG_HWPOISON;
+	}
 	if (unlikely(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP)) {
 		bad_reason = "PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP flag set";
 		bad_flags = PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP;