diff --git a/fs/erofs/compress.h b/fs/erofs/compress.h
index 526edc0a7d2d..7bfe251680ec 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/compress.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/compress.h
@@ -54,17 +54,14 @@ struct z_erofs_decompressor {
  */
 
 /*
- * short-lived pages are pages directly from buddy system with specific
- * page->private (no need to set PagePrivate since these are non-LRU /
- * non-movable pages and bypass reclaim / migration code).
+ * Currently, short-lived pages are pages directly from buddy system
+ * with specific page->private (Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE).
+ * In the future world of Memdescs, it should be type 0 (Misc) memory
+ * which type can be checked with a new helper.
  */
 static inline bool z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (page->private != Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE)
-		return false;
-
-	DBG_BUGON(page->mapping);
-	return true;
+	return page->private == Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE;
 }
 
 static inline bool z_erofs_put_shortlivedpage(struct page **pagepool,
@@ -72,14 +69,7 @@ static inline bool z_erofs_put_shortlivedpage(struct page **pagepool,
 {
 	if (!z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(page))
 		return false;
-
-	/* short-lived pages should not be used by others at the same time */
-	if (page_ref_count(page) > 1) {
-		put_page(page);
-	} else {
-		/* follow the pcluster rule above. */
-		erofs_pagepool_add(pagepool, page);
-	}
+	erofs_pagepool_add(pagepool, page);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index eac9e415194b..c2253b6a5416 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_lz4_decompress_ctx *ctx,
 
 		if (top) {
 			victim = availables[--top];
-			get_page(victim);
 		} else {
 			victim = __erofs_allocpage(pagepool, rq->gfp, true);
 			if (!victim)
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index aff3cdf114ad..544fa0f922b4 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_decompress_backend *be,
 	unsigned int pclusterpages = z_erofs_pclusterpages(pcl);
 	const struct z_erofs_decompressor *decomp =
 				z_erofs_decomp[pcl->algorithmformat];
-	int i, err2;
+	int i, j, jtop, err2;
 	struct page *page;
 	bool overlapped;
 
@@ -1279,10 +1279,9 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_decompress_backend *be,
 		WRITE_ONCE(pcl->compressed_bvecs[0].page, NULL);
 		put_page(page);
 	} else {
+		/* managed folios are still left in compressed_bvecs[] */
 		for (i = 0; i < pclusterpages; ++i) {
-			/* consider shortlived pages added when decompressing */
 			page = be->compressed_pages[i];
-
 			if (!page ||
 			    erofs_folio_is_managed(sbi, page_folio(page)))
 				continue;
@@ -1293,21 +1292,31 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_decompress_backend *be,
 	if (be->compressed_pages < be->onstack_pages ||
 	    be->compressed_pages >= be->onstack_pages + Z_EROFS_ONSTACK_PAGES)
 		kvfree(be->compressed_pages);
-	z_erofs_fill_other_copies(be, err);
 
+	jtop = 0;
+	z_erofs_fill_other_copies(be, err);
 	for (i = 0; i < be->nr_pages; ++i) {
 		page = be->decompressed_pages[i];
 		if (!page)
 			continue;
 
 		DBG_BUGON(z_erofs_page_is_invalidated(page));
-
-		/* recycle all individual short-lived pages */
-		if (z_erofs_put_shortlivedpage(be->pagepool, page))
+		if (!z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(page)) {
+			z_erofs_onlinefolio_end(page_folio(page), err);
 			continue;
-		z_erofs_onlinefolio_end(page_folio(page), err);
+		}
+		if (pcl->algorithmformat != Z_EROFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4) {
+			erofs_pagepool_add(be->pagepool, page);
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (j = 0; j < jtop && be->decompressed_pages[j] != page; ++j)
+			;
+		if (j >= jtop)	/* this bounce page is newly detected */
+			be->decompressed_pages[jtop++] = page;
 	}
-
+	while (jtop)
+		erofs_pagepool_add(be->pagepool,
+				   be->decompressed_pages[--jtop]);
 	if (be->decompressed_pages != be->onstack_pages)
 		kvfree(be->decompressed_pages);