diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 683b4782019b..2f6893c2f01b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5773,7 +5773,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_list(struct list_head *page_list)
  * mem_cgroup_migrate - migrate a charge to another page
  * @oldpage: currently charged page
  * @newpage: page to transfer the charge to
- * @lrucare: both pages might be on the LRU already
+ * @lrucare: either or both pages might be on the LRU already
  *
  * Migrate the charge from @oldpage to @newpage.
  *
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 73ba1df7c8ba..993e6ba689cc 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static int shmem_replace_page(struct page **pagep, gfp_t gfp,
 		 */
 		oldpage = newpage;
 	} else {
-		mem_cgroup_migrate(oldpage, newpage, false);
+		mem_cgroup_migrate(oldpage, newpage, true);
 		lru_cache_add_anon(newpage);
 		*pagep = newpage;
 	}