diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 083cc0ba2384..4310f80ce956 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1313,6 +1313,7 @@ extern void free_initmem(void);
  */
 extern unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end,
 					int poison, char *s);
+
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 /*
  * Free a highmem page into the buddy system, adjusting totalhigh_pages
@@ -1321,10 +1322,7 @@ extern unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end,
 extern void free_highmem_page(struct page *page);
 #endif
 
-static inline void adjust_managed_page_count(struct page *page, long count)
-{
-	totalram_pages += count;
-}
+extern void adjust_managed_page_count(struct page *page, long count);
 
 /* Free the reserved page into the buddy system, so it gets managed. */
 static inline void __free_reserved_page(struct page *page)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index e511f9429f1e..09d381b71fd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -474,10 +474,16 @@ struct zone {
 	 * frequently read in proximity to zone->lock.  It's good to
 	 * give them a chance of being in the same cacheline.
 	 *
-	 * Write access to present_pages and managed_pages at runtime should
-	 * be protected by lock_memory_hotplug()/unlock_memory_hotplug().
-	 * Any reader who can't tolerant drift of present_pages and
-	 * managed_pages should hold memory hotplug lock to get a stable value.
+	 * Write access to present_pages at runtime should be protected by
+	 * lock_memory_hotplug()/unlock_memory_hotplug().  Any reader who can't
+	 * tolerant drift of present_pages should hold memory hotplug lock to
+	 * get a stable value.
+	 *
+	 * Read access to managed_pages should be safe because it's unsigned
+	 * long. Write access to zone->managed_pages and totalram_pages are
+	 * protected by managed_page_count_lock at runtime. Idealy only
+	 * adjust_managed_page_count() should be used instead of directly
+	 * touching zone->managed_pages and totalram_pages.
 	 */
 	unsigned long		spanned_pages;
 	unsigned long		present_pages;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 22438eba00b6..93f292a60cb0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ nodemask_t node_states[NR_NODE_STATES] __read_mostly = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(node_states);
 
+/* Protect totalram_pages and zone->managed_pages */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(managed_page_count_lock);
+
 unsigned long totalram_pages __read_mostly;
 unsigned long totalreserve_pages __read_mostly;
 /*
@@ -5206,6 +5209,14 @@ early_param("movablecore", cmdline_parse_movablecore);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP */
 
+void adjust_managed_page_count(struct page *page, long count)
+{
+	spin_lock(&managed_page_count_lock);
+	page_zone(page)->managed_pages += count;
+	totalram_pages += count;
+	spin_unlock(&managed_page_count_lock);
+}
+
 unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end, int poison, char *s)
 {
 	void *pos;