diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index b2d2118bfd1a..b92f25ccef58 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ struct huge_bootmem_page {
 	struct hstate *hstate;
 };
 
-int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page);
+int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list);
 struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				unsigned long addr, int avoid_reserve);
 struct page *alloc_huge_page_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
@@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ static inline void huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #else	/* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 struct hstate {};
 
-static inline int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page)
+static inline int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page,
+						struct list_head *list)
 {
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 89426b6d1ea3..bb8ff3543972 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 		}
 
 		if (PageHuge(page) && cc->alloc_contig) {
-			ret = isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(page);
+			ret = isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(page, &cc->migratepages);
 
 			/*
 			 * Fail isolation in case isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page
@@ -927,6 +927,15 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 				goto isolate_fail;
 			}
 
+			if (PageHuge(page)) {
+				/*
+				 * Hugepage was successfully isolated and placed
+				 * on the cc->migratepages list.
+				 */
+				low_pfn += compound_nr(page) - 1;
+				goto isolate_success_no_list;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * Ok, the hugepage was dissolved. Now these pages are
 			 * Buddy and cannot be re-allocated because they are
@@ -1068,6 +1077,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 
 isolate_success:
 		list_add(&page->lru, &cc->migratepages);
+isolate_success_no_list:
 		cc->nr_migratepages += compound_nr(page);
 		nr_isolated += compound_nr(page);
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 4a664d6e82c1..24a453ff47f2 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2270,10 +2270,12 @@ static void restore_reserve_on_error(struct hstate *h,
  * alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page - Allocate a new page and dissolve the old one
  * @h: struct hstate old page belongs to
  * @old_page: Old page to dissolve
+ * @list: List to isolate the page in case we need to
  * Returns 0 on success, otherwise negated error.
  */
 
-static int alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *old_page)
+static int alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *old_page,
+					struct list_head *list)
 {
 	gfp_t gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h) | __GFP_THISNODE;
 	int nid = page_to_nid(old_page);
@@ -2300,9 +2302,13 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *old_page)
 		goto free_new;
 	} else if (page_count(old_page)) {
 		/*
-		 * Someone has grabbed the page, fail for now.
+		 * Someone has grabbed the page, try to isolate it here.
+		 * Fail with -EBUSY if not possible.
 		 */
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+		if (!isolate_huge_page(old_page, list))
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+		spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 		goto free_new;
 	} else if (!HPageFreed(old_page)) {
 		/*
@@ -2350,10 +2356,11 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *old_page)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page)
+int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct hstate *h;
 	struct page *head;
+	int ret = -EBUSY;
 
 	/*
 	 * The page might have been dissolved from under our feet, so make sure
@@ -2378,7 +2385,12 @@ int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(h, head);
+	if (page_count(head) && isolate_huge_page(head, list))
+		ret = 0;
+	else if (!page_count(head))
+		ret = alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(h, head, list);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bb8321026c0c..5199b9696bab 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1703,8 +1703,9 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
 	LIST_HEAD(clean_pages);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, page_list, lru) {
-		if (page_is_file_lru(page) && !PageDirty(page) &&
-		    !__PageMovable(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		if (!PageHuge(page) && page_is_file_lru(page) &&
+		    !PageDirty(page) && !__PageMovable(page) &&
+		    !PageUnevictable(page)) {
 			ClearPageActive(page);
 			list_move(&page->lru, &clean_pages);
 		}
