diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 8bbcccbc5565..62a91dc1272b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static inline void get_page(struct page *page)
 	folio_get(page_folio(page));
 }
 
-bool __must_check try_grab_page(struct page *page, unsigned int flags);
+int __must_check try_grab_page(struct page *page, unsigned int flags);
 
 static inline __must_check bool try_get_page(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index fe195d47de74..e2f447446384 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -202,17 +202,19 @@ static void gup_put_folio(struct folio *folio, int refs, unsigned int flags)
  * time. Cases: please see the try_grab_folio() documentation, with
  * "refs=1".
  *
- * Return: true for success, or if no action was required (if neither FOLL_PIN
- * nor FOLL_GET was set, nothing is done). False for failure: FOLL_GET or
- * FOLL_PIN was set, but the page could not be grabbed.
+ * Return: 0 for success, or if no action was required (if neither FOLL_PIN
+ * nor FOLL_GET was set, nothing is done). A negative error code for failure:
+ *
+ *   -ENOMEM		FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN was set, but the page could not
+ *			be grabbed.
  */
-bool __must_check try_grab_page(struct page *page, unsigned int flags)
+int __must_check try_grab_page(struct page *page, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN)) == (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN));
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_ref_count(folio) <= 0))
-		return false;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (flags & FOLL_GET)
 		folio_ref_inc(folio);
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ bool __must_check try_grab_page(struct page *page, unsigned int flags)
 		node_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FOLL_PIN_ACQUIRED, 1);
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -624,8 +626,9 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		       !PageAnonExclusive(page), page);
 
 	/* try_grab_page() does nothing unless FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN is set. */
-	if (unlikely(!try_grab_page(page, flags))) {
-		page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	ret = try_grab_page(page, flags);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		page = ERR_PTR(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -960,10 +963,9 @@ static int get_gate_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 			goto unmap;
 		*page = pte_page(*pte);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(!try_grab_page(*page, gup_flags))) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	ret = try_grab_page(*page, gup_flags);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto unmap;
-	}
 out:
 	ret = 0;
 unmap:
@@ -2536,7 +2538,7 @@ static int __gup_device_huge(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 		SetPageReferenced(page);
 		pages[*nr] = page;
-		if (unlikely(!try_grab_page(page, flags))) {
+		if (unlikely(try_grab_page(page, flags))) {
 			undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 1cc4a5f4791e..52f2b2a2ffae 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long pfn = pmd_pfn(*pmd);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd));
 
@@ -1066,8 +1067,9 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (!*pgmap)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-	if (!try_grab_page(page, flags))
-		page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	ret = try_grab_page(page, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		page = ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	return page;
 }
@@ -1193,6 +1195,7 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long pfn = pud_pfn(*pud);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(pud_lockptr(mm, pud));
 
@@ -1226,8 +1229,10 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (!*pgmap)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-	if (!try_grab_page(page, flags))
-		page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	ret = try_grab_page(page, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		page = ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	return page;
 }
@@ -1435,6 +1440,7 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd));
 
@@ -1459,8 +1465,9 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE((flags & FOLL_PIN) && PageAnon(page) &&
 			!PageAnonExclusive(page), page);
 
-	if (!try_grab_page(page, flags))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	ret = try_grab_page(page, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH)
 		touch_pmd(vma, addr, pmd, flags & FOLL_WRITE);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b586cdd75930..e8d01a19ce46 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7224,14 +7224,15 @@ follow_huge_pmd_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, int flags
 		page = pte_page(pte) +
 			((address & ~huge_page_mask(h)) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		/*
-		 * try_grab_page() should always succeed here, because: a) we
-		 * hold the pmd (ptl) lock, and b) we've just checked that the
-		 * huge pmd (head) page is present in the page tables. The ptl
-		 * prevents the head page and tail pages from being rearranged
-		 * in any way. So this page must be available at this point,
-		 * unless the page refcount overflowed:
+		 * try_grab_page() should always be able to get the page here,
+		 * because: a) we hold the pmd (ptl) lock, and b) we've just
+		 * checked that the huge pmd (head) page is present in the
+		 * page tables. The ptl prevents the head page and tail pages
+		 * from being rearranged in any way. So this page must be
+		 * available at this point, unless the page refcount
+		 * overflowed:
 		 */
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!try_grab_page(page, flags))) {
+		if (try_grab_page(page, flags)) {
 			page = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -7269,7 +7270,7 @@ follow_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	pte = huge_ptep_get((pte_t *)pud);
 	if (pte_present(pte)) {
 		page = pud_page(*pud) + ((address & ~PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!try_grab_page(page, flags))) {
+		if (try_grab_page(page, flags)) {
 			page = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
