diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 34c7bdc06014c0b5c787ec2faa85ab4d2b388096..1ec08c198b66a8ed7203b63d4cec3af7dc6424df 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ static inline int pte_same(pte_t pte_a, pte_t pte_b)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_UNUSED
+/*
+ * Some architectures provide facilities to virtualization guests
+ * so that they can flag allocated pages as unused. This allows the
+ * host to transparently reclaim unused pages. This function returns
+ * whether the pte's page is unused.
+ */
+static inline int pte_unused(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMD_SAME
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 static inline int pmd_same(pmd_t pmd_a, pmd_t pmd_b)
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index d9d42316a99a917ff6562c7cbc54dd50a085a1f6..9056a1f00b87b89108f2b0d2fe5d076e2d193900 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,16 @@ int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 		set_pte_at(mm, address, pte,
 			   swp_entry_to_pte(make_hwpoison_entry(page)));
+	} else if (pte_unused(pteval)) {
+		/*
+		 * The guest indicated that the page content is of no
+		 * interest anymore. Simply discard the pte, vmscan
+		 * will take care of the rest.
+		 */
+		if (PageAnon(page))
+			dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
+		else
+			dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
 	} else if (PageAnon(page)) {
 		swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(page) };
 		pte_t swp_pte;