diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index fbcac3bdcf19..777af57fd8c8 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -544,6 +544,16 @@ redo:
 		 */
 		lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
 		add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
+		/*
+		 * When racing with an mlock clearing (page is
+		 * unlocked), make sure that if the other thread does
+		 * not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
+		 * isolation, we see PG_mlocked cleared below and move
+		 * the page back to the evictable list.
+		 *
+		 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked().
+		 */
+		smp_mb();
 	}
 
 	/*