diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a18cf4b7c724..dae6f6f955eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static inline void folio_set_swap_entry(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry)
 }

 /* linux/mm/workingset.c */
+bool workingset_test_recent(void *shadow, bool file, bool *workingset);
 void workingset_age_nonresident(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long nr_pages);
 void *workingset_eviction(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *target_memcg);
 void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow);
diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index 79585d55c45d..006482c4e0bd 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -244,6 +244,33 @@ static void *lru_gen_eviction(struct folio *folio)
 	return pack_shadow(mem_cgroup_id(memcg), pgdat, token, refs);
 }

+/*
+ * Test if the folio is recently evicted.
+ *
+ * As a side effect, also populates the references with
+ * values unpacked from the shadow of the evicted folio.
+ */
+static bool lru_gen_test_recent(void *shadow, bool file, bool *workingset)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *eviction_memcg;
+	struct lruvec *lruvec;
+	struct lru_gen_struct *lrugen;
+	unsigned long min_seq;
+
+	int memcgid;
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
+	unsigned long token;
+
+	unpack_shadow(shadow, &memcgid, &pgdat, &token, workingset);
+	eviction_memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(memcgid);
+
+	lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(eviction_memcg, pgdat);
+	lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
+
+	min_seq = READ_ONCE(lrugen->min_seq[file]);
+	return !((token >> LRU_REFS_WIDTH) != (min_seq & (EVICTION_MASK >> LRU_REFS_WIDTH)));
+}
+
 static void lru_gen_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 {
 	int hist, tier, refs;
@@ -306,6 +333,11 @@ static void *lru_gen_eviction(struct folio *folio)
 	return NULL;
 }

+static bool lru_gen_test_recent(void *shadow, bool file, bool *workingset)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void lru_gen_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 {
 }
@@ -373,40 +405,31 @@ void *workingset_eviction(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *target_memcg)
 				folio_test_workingset(folio));
 }

-/**
- * workingset_refault - Evaluate the refault of a previously evicted folio.
- * @folio: The freshly allocated replacement folio.
- * @shadow: Shadow entry of the evicted folio.
+/*
+ * Test if the folio is recently evicted by checking if
+ * refault distance of shadow exceeds workingset size.
  *
- * Calculates and evaluates the refault distance of the previously
- * evicted folio in the context of the node and the memcg whose memory
- * pressure caused the eviction.
+ * As a side effect, populate workingset with the value
+ * unpacked from shadow.
  */
-void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
+bool workingset_test_recent(void *shadow, bool file, bool *workingset)
 {
-	bool file = folio_is_file_lru(folio);
 	struct mem_cgroup *eviction_memcg;
 	struct lruvec *eviction_lruvec;
 	unsigned long refault_distance;
 	unsigned long workingset_size;
-	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-	unsigned long eviction;
-	struct lruvec *lruvec;
 	unsigned long refault;
-	bool workingset;
+
 	int memcgid;
-	long nr;
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
+	unsigned long eviction;

-	if (lru_gen_enabled()) {
-		lru_gen_refault(folio, shadow);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (lru_gen_enabled())
+		return lru_gen_test_recent(shadow, file, workingset);

-	unpack_shadow(shadow, &memcgid, &pgdat, &eviction, &workingset);
+	unpack_shadow(shadow, &memcgid, &pgdat, &eviction, workingset);
 	eviction <<= bucket_order;

-	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * Look up the memcg associated with the stored ID. It might
 	 * have been deleted since the folio's eviction.
@@ -425,7 +448,8 @@ void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 	 */
 	eviction_memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(memcgid);
 	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !eviction_memcg)
-		goto out;
+		return false;
+
 	eviction_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(eviction_memcg, pgdat);
 	refault = atomic_long_read(&eviction_lruvec->nonresident_age);

@@ -447,21 +471,6 @@ void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 	 */
 	refault_distance = (refault - eviction) & EVICTION_MASK;

-	/*
-	 * The activation decision for this folio is made at the level
-	 * where the eviction occurred, as that is where the LRU order
-	 * during folio reclaim is being determined.
-	 *
-	 * However, the cgroup that will own the folio is the one that
-	 * is actually experiencing the refault event.
-	 */
-	nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
-	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
-	pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
-	lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
-
-	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_REFAULT_BASE + file, nr);
-
 	mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed();
 	/*
 	 * Compare the distance to the existing workingset size. We
@@ -483,8 +492,51 @@ void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 						     NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
 		}
 	}
-	if (refault_distance > workingset_size)
+
+	return refault_distance <= workingset_size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * workingset_refault - Evaluate the refault of a previously evicted folio.
+ * @folio: The freshly allocated replacement folio.
+ * @shadow: Shadow entry of the evicted folio.
+ *
+ * Calculates and evaluates the refault distance of the previously
+ * evicted folio in the context of the node and the memcg whose memory
+ * pressure caused the eviction.
+ */
+void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
+{
+	bool file = folio_is_file_lru(folio);
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct lruvec *lruvec;
+	bool workingset;
+	long nr;
+
+	if (lru_gen_enabled()) {
+		lru_gen_refault(folio, shadow);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+	pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
+	lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
+
+	if (!workingset_test_recent(shadow, file, &workingset)) {
+		/*
+		 * The activation decision for this folio is made at the level
+		 * where the eviction occurred, as that is where the LRU order
+		 * during folio reclaim is being determined.
+		 *
+		 * However, the cgroup that will own the folio is the one that
+		 * is actually experiencing the refault event.
+		 */
 		goto out;
+	}

 	folio_set_active(folio);
 	workingset_age_nonresident(lruvec, nr);
@@ -498,6 +550,7 @@ void workingset_refault(struct folio *folio, void *shadow)
 		mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_RESTORE_BASE + file, nr);
 	}
 out:
+	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_REFAULT_BASE + file, nr);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }

