diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 8935cbe362ce..627671551873 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1916,7 +1916,6 @@ int migrate_misplaced_transhuge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	int page_lru = page_is_file_cache(page);
 	unsigned long mmun_start = address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
 	unsigned long mmun_end = mmun_start + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
-	pmd_t orig_entry;
 
 	/*
 	 * Rate-limit the amount of data that is being migrated to a node.
@@ -1959,8 +1958,7 @@ int migrate_misplaced_transhuge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	/* Recheck the target PMD */
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
 	ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
-	if (unlikely(!pmd_same(*pmd, entry) || page_count(page) != 2)) {
-fail_putback:
+	if (unlikely(!pmd_same(*pmd, entry) || !page_ref_freeze(page, 2))) {
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 		mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
 
@@ -1982,7 +1980,6 @@ fail_putback:
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	orig_entry = *pmd;
 	entry = mk_huge_pmd(new_page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 	entry = maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 
@@ -1999,15 +1996,7 @@ fail_putback:
 	set_pmd_at(mm, mmun_start, pmd, entry);
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, &entry);
 
-	if (page_count(page) != 2) {
-		set_pmd_at(mm, mmun_start, pmd, orig_entry);
-		flush_pmd_tlb_range(vma, mmun_start, mmun_end);
-		mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
-		update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, &entry);
-		page_remove_rmap(new_page, true);
-		goto fail_putback;
-	}
-
+	page_ref_unfreeze(page, 2);
 	mlock_migrate_page(new_page, page);
 	page_remove_rmap(page, true);
 	set_page_owner_migrate_reason(new_page, MR_NUMA_MISPLACED);