diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 10aef960d3d0..7da400d5d98e 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_cluster(unsigned long cursor, unsigned int *mapcount,
 		if (page->index != linear_page_index(vma, address)) {
 			pte_t ptfile = pgoff_to_pte(page->index);
 			if (pte_soft_dirty(pteval))
-				pte_file_mksoft_dirty(ptfile);
+				ptfile = pte_file_mksoft_dirty(ptfile);
 			set_pte_at(mm, address, pte, ptfile);
 		}