diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 04d9f154a130..e9481632fcd1 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1885,6 +1885,12 @@ static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static void put_ref_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (page)
+		put_page(page);
+}
+
 /**
  * soft_offline_page - Soft offline a page.
  * @pfn: pfn to soft-offline
@@ -1910,20 +1916,26 @@ static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
 int soft_offline_page(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct page *page;
 	bool try_again = true;
+	struct page *page, *ref_page = NULL;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!pfn_valid(pfn) && (flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED));
 
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 		return -ENXIO;
+	if (flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED)
+		ref_page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+
 	/* Only online pages can be soft-offlined (esp., not ZONE_DEVICE). */
 	page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
-	if (!page)
+	if (!page) {
+		put_ref_page(ref_page);
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
 		pr_info("%s: %#lx page already poisoned\n", __func__, pfn);
-		if (flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED)
-			put_page(page);
+		put_ref_page(ref_page);
 		return 0;
 	}