diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index b8a661780c4a..ec9f03aa2738 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static long hugetlbfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 
 		mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
 
-		set_page_huge_active(page);
+		SetHPageMigratable(page);
 		/*
 		 * unlock_page because locked by add_to_page_cache()
 		 * put_page() due to reference from alloc_huge_page()
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index be71a00ee2a0..ce3d03da0133 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -480,9 +480,13 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
  * HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
  *	allocation time.  Cleared when page is fully instantiated.  Free
  *	routine checks flag to restore a reservation on error paths.
+ * HPG_migratable  - Set after a newly allocated page is added to the page
+ *	cache and/or page tables.  Indicates the page is a candidate for
+ *	migration.
  */
 enum hugetlb_page_flags {
 	HPG_restore_reserve = 0,
+	HPG_migratable,
 	__NR_HPAGEFLAGS,
 };
 
@@ -529,6 +533,7 @@ static inline void ClearHPage##uname(struct page *page)		\
  * Create functions associated with hugetlb page flags
  */
 HPAGEFLAG(RestoreReserve, restore_reserve)
+HPAGEFLAG(Migratable, migratable)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index bc6fd1ee7dd6..04a34c08e0a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -592,15 +592,9 @@ static inline void ClearPageCompound(struct page *page)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 int PageHuge(struct page *page);
 int PageHeadHuge(struct page *page);
-bool page_huge_active(struct page *page);
 #else
 TESTPAGEFLAG_FALSE(Huge)
 TESTPAGEFLAG_FALSE(HeadHuge)
-
-static inline bool page_huge_active(struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 8bed6b5202d2..c24da40626d3 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1353,30 +1353,6 @@ struct hstate *size_to_hstate(unsigned long size)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Test to determine whether the hugepage is "active/in-use" (i.e. being linked
- * to hstate->hugepage_activelist.)
- *
- * This function can be called for tail pages, but never returns true for them.
- */
-bool page_huge_active(struct page *page)
-{
-	return PageHeadHuge(page) && PagePrivate(&page[1]);
-}
-
-/* never called for tail page */
-void set_page_huge_active(struct page *page)
-{
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHeadHuge(page), page);
-	SetPagePrivate(&page[1]);
-}
-
-static void clear_page_huge_active(struct page *page)
-{
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHeadHuge(page), page);
-	ClearPagePrivate(&page[1]);
-}
-
 /*
  * Internal hugetlb specific page flag. Do not use outside of the hugetlb
  * code
@@ -1438,7 +1414,7 @@ static void __free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	clear_page_huge_active(page);
+	ClearHPageMigratable(page);
 	hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_page(hstate_index(h),
 				     pages_per_huge_page(h), page);
 	hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_page_rsvd(hstate_index(h),
@@ -4220,7 +4196,7 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				make_huge_pte(vma, new_page, 1));
 		page_remove_rmap(old_page, true);
 		hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, haddr);
-		set_page_huge_active(new_page);
+		SetHPageMigratable(new_page);
 		/* Make the old page be freed below */
 		new_page = old_page;
 	}
@@ -4457,12 +4433,12 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
 
 	/*
-	 * Only make newly allocated pages active.  Existing pages found
-	 * in the pagecache could be !page_huge_active() if they have been
-	 * isolated for migration.
+	 * Only set HPageMigratable in newly allocated pages.  Existing pages
+	 * found in the pagecache may not have HPageMigratableset if they have
+	 * been isolated for migration.
 	 */
 	if (new_page)
-		set_page_huge_active(page);
+		SetHPageMigratable(page);
 
 	unlock_page(page);
 out:
@@ -4773,7 +4749,7 @@ int hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	update_mmu_cache(dst_vma, dst_addr, dst_pte);
 
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
-	set_page_huge_active(page);
+	SetHPageMigratable(page);
 	if (vm_shared)
 		unlock_page(page);
 	ret = 0;
@@ -5591,12 +5567,13 @@ bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 	bool ret = true;
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	if (!PageHeadHuge(page) || !page_huge_active(page) ||
+	if (!PageHeadHuge(page) ||
+	    !HPageMigratable(page) ||
 	    !get_page_unless_zero(page)) {
 		ret = false;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
-	clear_page_huge_active(page);
+	ClearHPageMigratable(page);
 	list_move_tail(&page->lru, list);
 unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
@@ -5607,7 +5584,7 @@ void putback_active_hugepage(struct page *page)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	set_page_huge_active(page);
+	SetHPageMigratable(page);
 	list_move_tail(&page->lru, &(page_hstate(page))->hugepage_activelist);
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	put_page(page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index f9d57b9be8c7..563da803e0e0 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,13 @@ static int scan_movable_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 		if (!PageHuge(page))
 			continue;
 		head = compound_head(page);
-		if (page_huge_active(head))
+		/*
+		 * This test is racy as we hold no reference or lock.  The
+		 * hugetlb page could have been free'ed and head is no longer
+		 * a hugetlb page before the following check.  In such unlikely
+		 * cases false positives and negatives are possible.
+		 */
+		if (HPageMigratable(head))
 			goto found;
 		skip = compound_nr(head) - (page - head);
 		pfn += skip - 1;
