diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 3d7dfc8bc471..a43d79335c16 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -425,17 +425,6 @@ static inline void munlock_vma_page(struct page *page,
 		munlock_page(page);
 }
 
-/*
- * Clear the page's PageMlocked().  This can be useful in a situation where
- * we want to unconditionally remove a page from the pagecache -- e.g.,
- * on truncation or freeing.
- *
- * It is legal to call this function for any page, mlocked or not.
- * If called for a page that is still mapped by mlocked vmas, all we do
- * is revert to lazy LRU behaviour -- semantics are not broken.
- */
-extern void clear_page_mlock(struct page *page);
-
 extern pmd_t maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 /*
@@ -509,7 +498,6 @@ static inline struct file *maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_MMU */
 static inline void unmap_mapping_folio(struct folio *folio) { }
-static inline void clear_page_mlock(struct page *page) { }
 static inline void mlock_vma_page(struct page *page,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool compound) { }
 static inline void munlock_vma_page(struct page *page,
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index aaded15b2f8f..db936288b8a0 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -48,36 +48,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(can_do_mlock);
  * PageUnevictable is set to indicate the unevictable state.
  */
 
-/*
- *  LRU accounting for clear_page_mlock()
- */
-void clear_page_mlock(struct page *page)
-{
-	int nr_pages;
-
-	if (!TestClearPageMlocked(page))
-		return;
-
-	nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
-	mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page), NR_MLOCK, -nr_pages);
-	count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED, nr_pages);
-	/*
-	 * The previous TestClearPageMlocked() corresponds to the smp_mb()
-	 * in __pagevec_lru_add_fn().
-	 *
-	 * See __pagevec_lru_add_fn for more explanation.
-	 */
-	if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
-		putback_lru_page(page);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * We lost the race. the page already moved to evictable list.
-		 */
-		if (PageUnevictable(page))
-			count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSTRANDED, nr_pages);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * mlock_page - mlock a page
  * @page - page to be mlocked, either a normal page or a THP head.
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 6cc8bf129f18..5442a5c97a85 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1315,9 +1315,6 @@ static void page_remove_file_rmap(struct page *page, bool compound)
 	 * pte lock(a spinlock) is held, which implies preemption disabled.
 	 */
 	__mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_FILE_MAPPED, -nr);
-
-	if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page)))
-		clear_page_mlock(page);
 }
 
 static void page_remove_anon_compound_rmap(struct page *page)
@@ -1357,9 +1354,6 @@ static void page_remove_anon_compound_rmap(struct page *page)
 		nr = thp_nr_pages(page);
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page)))
-		clear_page_mlock(page);
-
 	if (nr)
 		__mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_ANON_MAPPED, -nr);
 }
@@ -1398,9 +1392,6 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page,
 	 */
 	__dec_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_ANON_MAPPED);
 
-	if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page)))
-		clear_page_mlock(page);
-
 	if (PageTransCompound(page))
 		deferred_split_huge_page(compound_head(page));
 
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index bcf3ac288b56..ff4810e4a4bc 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct lru_pvecs, lru_pvecs) = {
 };
 
 /*
- * This path almost never happens for VM activity - pages are normally
- * freed via pagevecs.  But it gets used by networking.
+ * This path almost never happens for VM activity - pages are normally freed
+ * via pagevecs.  But it gets used by networking - and for compound pages.
  */
 static void __page_cache_release(struct page *page)
 {
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ static void __page_cache_release(struct page *page)
 		__clear_page_lru_flags(page);
 		unlock_page_lruvec_irqrestore(lruvec, flags);
 	}
+	/* See comment on PageMlocked in release_pages() */
+	if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page))) {
+		int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
+
+		__ClearPageMlocked(page);
+		mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page), NR_MLOCK, -nr_pages);
+		count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED, nr_pages);
+	}
 	__ClearPageWaiters(page);
 }
 
@@ -489,12 +497,8 @@ void lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
 	unevictable = (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SPECIAL)) == VM_LOCKED;
 	if (unlikely(unevictable) && !TestSetPageMlocked(page)) {
 		int nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
-		/*
-		 * We use the irq-unsafe __mod_zone_page_state because this
-		 * counter is not modified from interrupt context, and the pte
-		 * lock is held(spinlock), which implies preemption disabled.
-		 */
-		__mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page), NR_MLOCK, nr_pages);
+
+		mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page), NR_MLOCK, nr_pages);
 		count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGMLOCKED, nr_pages);
 	}
 	lru_cache_add(page);
@@ -969,6 +973,18 @@ void release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr)
 			__clear_page_lru_flags(page);
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * In rare cases, when truncation or holepunching raced with
+		 * munlock after VM_LOCKED was cleared, Mlocked may still be
+		 * found set here.  This does not indicate a problem, unless
+		 * "unevictable_pgs_cleared" appears worryingly large.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(PageMlocked(page))) {
+			__ClearPageMlocked(page);
+			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_MLOCK);
+			count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED);
+		}
+
 		__ClearPageWaiters(page);
 
 		list_add(&page->lru, &pages_to_free);
