diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e53f39cd67dba964cc9c651d32d82e55e32f5377..22508ef943e6ba841a06f3516a81918b4795301d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3172,7 +3172,13 @@ int dequeue_hwpoisoned_huge_page(struct page *hpage)
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (is_hugepage_on_freelist(hpage)) {
-		list_del(&hpage->lru);
+		/*
+		 * Hwpoisoned hugepage isn't linked to activelist or freelist,
+		 * but dangling hpage->lru can trigger list-debug warnings
+		 * (this happens when we call unpoison_memory() on it),
+		 * so let it point to itself with list_del_init().
+		 */
+		list_del_init(&hpage->lru);
 		set_page_refcounted(hpage);
 		h->free_huge_pages--;
 		h->free_huge_pages_node[nid]--;