diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index f91cb8898ff0..21df81c9ea57 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -414,13 +414,8 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(Uncached)
 PAGEFLAG(HWPoison, hwpoison, PF_ANY)
 TESTSCFLAG(HWPoison, hwpoison, PF_ANY)
 #define __PG_HWPOISON (1UL << PG_hwpoison)
-extern bool set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(struct page *page);
 #else
 PAGEFLAG_FALSE(HWPoison)
-static inline bool set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 #define __PG_HWPOISON 0
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 1d986580522d..9b40cf1cb4fc 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwpoison_filter_flags_value);
 
 extern bool take_page_off_buddy(struct page *page);
 
-static void page_handle_poison(struct page *page)
+static void page_handle_poison(struct page *page, bool release)
 {
 	SetPageHWPoison(page);
+	if (release)
+		put_page(page);
 	page_ref_inc(page);
 	num_poisoned_pages_inc();
 }
@@ -1713,19 +1715,13 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page)
 			ret = -EIO;
 	} else {
 		/*
-		 * We set PG_hwpoison only when the migration source hugepage
-		 * was successfully dissolved, because otherwise hwpoisoned
-		 * hugepage remains on free hugepage list, then userspace will
-		 * find it as SIGBUS by allocation failure. That's not expected
-		 * in soft-offlining.
+		 * We set PG_hwpoison only when we were able to take the page
+		 * off the buddy.
 		 */
-		ret = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
-		if (!ret) {
-			if (set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(page))
-				num_poisoned_pages_inc();
-			else
-				ret = -EBUSY;
-		}
+		if (!dissolve_free_huge_page(page) && take_page_off_buddy(page))
+			page_handle_poison(page, false);
+		else
+			ret = -EBUSY;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1760,10 +1756,8 @@ static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
 	 * would need to fix isolation locking first.
 	 */
 	if (ret == 1) {
-		put_page(page);
 		pr_info("soft_offline: %#lx: invalidated\n", pfn);
-		SetPageHWPoison(page);
-		num_poisoned_pages_inc();
+		page_handle_poison(page, true);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1794,7 +1788,9 @@ static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
 		list_add(&page->lru, &pagelist);
 		ret = migrate_pages(&pagelist, new_page, NULL, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL,
 					MIGRATE_SYNC, MR_MEMORY_FAILURE);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (!ret) {
+			page_handle_poison(page, true);
+		} else {
 			if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
 				putback_movable_pages(&pagelist);
 
@@ -1813,27 +1809,16 @@ static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
 static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
-	int mt;
 	struct page *hpage = compound_head(page);
 
 	if (!PageHuge(page) && PageTransHuge(hpage))
 		if (try_to_split_thp_page(page, "soft offline") < 0)
 			return -EBUSY;
 
-	/*
-	 * Setting MIGRATE_ISOLATE here ensures that the page will be linked
-	 * to free list immediately (not via pcplist) when released after
-	 * successful page migration. Otherwise we can't guarantee that the
-	 * page is really free after put_page() returns, so
-	 * set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page() highly likely fails.
-	 */
-	mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
-	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_ISOLATE);
 	if (PageHuge(page))
 		ret = soft_offline_huge_page(page);
 	else
 		ret = __soft_offline_page(page);
-	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, mt);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1842,7 +1827,7 @@ static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
 	int rc = -EBUSY;
 
 	if (!dissolve_free_huge_page(page) && take_page_off_buddy(page)) {
-		page_handle_poison(page);
+		page_handle_poison(page, false);
 		rc = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 4fe45d1428c8..71acece248d7 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1224,16 +1224,11 @@ static ICE_noinline int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
 	 * we want to retry.
 	 */
 	if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS) {
-		put_page(page);
-		if (reason == MR_MEMORY_FAILURE) {
+		if (reason != MR_MEMORY_FAILURE)
 			/*
-			 * Set PG_HWPoison on just freed page
-			 * intentionally. Although it's rather weird,
-			 * it's how HWPoison flag works at the moment.
+			 * We release the page in page_handle_poison.
 			 */
-			if (set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(page))
-				num_poisoned_pages_inc();
-		}
+			put_page(page);
 	} else {
 		if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
 			if (likely(!__PageMovable(page))) {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 255df0c76a40..cb35a4c8b1f2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
 
+	if (unlikely(PageHWPoison(page)) && !order)
+		return false;
+
 	trace_mm_page_free(page, order);
 
 	/*
@@ -8698,32 +8701,4 @@ bool take_page_off_buddy(struct page *page)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
  }
-
-/*
- * Set PG_hwpoison flag if a given page is confirmed to be a free page.  This
- * test is performed under the zone lock to prevent a race against page
- * allocation.
- */
-bool set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
-	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int order;
-	bool hwpoisoned = false;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
-	for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
-		struct page *page_head = page - (pfn & ((1 << order) - 1));
-
-		if (PageBuddy(page_head) && page_order(page_head) >= order) {
-			if (!TestSetPageHWPoison(page))
-				hwpoisoned = true;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
-
-	return hwpoisoned;
-}
 #endif
