diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index c0efe921bca5..20ca887ea769 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,12 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
 
+	if (page_count(hpage) == 1) {
+		/* page was freed from under us. So we are done. */
+		putback_active_hugepage(hpage);
+		return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
+	}
+
 	new_hpage = get_new_page(hpage, private);
 	if (!new_hpage)
 		return -ENOMEM;