diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index eb591eaad1b7461af182422db9bc285230a68d6a..389d1c382e208c2f05cabf86367624a9feb73b12 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ extern int vm_swappiness;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 extern int isolate_lru_page(struct page *p);
 extern int putback_lru_pages(struct list_head *l);
-extern int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t);
+extern int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t,
+		struct list_head *moved, struct list_head *failed);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 20d5ad39fa411052a2f9554cf293b58ba926ddfd..30bdafba52d8aa120ea7ccc764e7402545abedf3 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -429,6 +429,19 @@ static int contextualize_policy(int mode, nodemask_t *nodes)
 	return mpol_check_policy(mode, nodes);
 }
 
+static int swap_pages(struct list_head *pagelist)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(moved);
+	LIST_HEAD(failed);
+	int n;
+
+	n = migrate_pages(pagelist, NULL, &moved, &failed);
+	putback_lru_pages(&failed);
+	putback_lru_pages(&moved);
+
+	return n;
+}
+
 long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 		unsigned long mode, nodemask_t *nmask, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -481,10 +494,13 @@ long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 	      (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) ? &pagelist : NULL);
 	err = PTR_ERR(vma);
 	if (!IS_ERR(vma)) {
+		int nr_failed = 0;
+
 		err = mbind_range(vma, start, end, new);
 		if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
-			migrate_pages(&pagelist, NULL);
-		if (!err && !list_empty(&pagelist) && (flags & MPOL_MF_STRICT))
+			nr_failed = swap_pages(&pagelist);
+
+		if (!err && nr_failed && (flags & MPOL_MF_STRICT))
 			err = -EIO;
 	}
 	if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
@@ -635,11 +651,12 @@ int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	check_range(mm, mm->mmap->vm_start, TASK_SIZE, &nodes,
 			flags | MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK, &pagelist);
+
 	if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
-		migrate_pages(&pagelist, NULL);
-		if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
-			count = putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
+		count = swap_pages(&pagelist);
+		putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
 	}
+
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 73ba4046ed272eb290cea68dca37d02a5ae64092..5eecb514ccea00171c94f96c6d12d361b361a2db 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ static int swap_page(struct page *page)
  * list. The direct migration patchset
  * extends this function to avoid the use of swap.
  */
-int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
+int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, struct list_head *to,
+		  struct list_head *moved, struct list_head *failed)
 {
 	int retry;
-	LIST_HEAD(failed);
 	int nr_failed = 0;
 	int pass = 0;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
 redo:
 	retry = 0;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, l, lru) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, from, lru) {
 		cond_resched();
 
 		if (page_count(page) == 1) {
 			/* page was freed from under us. So we are done. */
-			move_to_lru(page);
+			list_move(&page->lru, moved);
 			continue;
 		}
 		/*
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
 		if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
 			if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_KERNEL)) {
 				unlock_page(page);
-				list_move(&page->lru, &failed);
+				list_move(&page->lru, failed);
 				nr_failed++;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -732,8 +732,10 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
 		 * Page is properly locked and writeback is complete.
 		 * Try to migrate the page.
 		 */
-		if (!swap_page(page))
+		if (!swap_page(page)) {
+			list_move(&page->lru, moved);
 			continue;
+		}
 retry_later:
 		retry++;
 	}
@@ -743,9 +745,6 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
 	if (!swapwrite)
 		current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&failed))
-		list_splice(&failed, l);
-
 	return nr_failed + retry;
 }