diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index a8a57bebb5fa..f765475be359 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		if (page_has_private(page) &&
 		    !try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL)) {
 			result = SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE;
+			putback_lru_page(page);
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}