diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 44a8cefeae6e..124324134ff6 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	list_add(&hpage->lru, &pagelist);
 	ret = migrate_huge_pages(&pagelist, new_page, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL, 0);
 	if (ret) {
+			putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
 		pr_debug("soft offline: %#lx: migration failed %d, type %lx\n",
 			 pfn, ret, page->flags);
 		if (ret > 0)
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 06662c5a3e86..4821338b4e4b 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 		goto out;
 	/* this function returns # of failed pages */
 	ret = migrate_pages(&source, hotremove_migrate_alloc, 0, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		putback_lru_pages(&source);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f969da5dd8a2..21243b2b7b07 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -931,8 +931,11 @@ static int migrate_to_node(struct mm_struct *mm, int source, int dest,
 	check_range(mm, mm->mmap->vm_start, mm->task_size, &nmask,
 			flags | MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK, &pagelist);
 
-	if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
+	if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
 		err = migrate_pages(&pagelist, new_node_page, dest, 0);
+		if (err)
+			putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1147,9 +1150,12 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 
 		err = mbind_range(mm, start, end, new);
 
-		if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
+		if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
 			nr_failed = migrate_pages(&pagelist, new_vma_page,
 						(unsigned long)vma, 0);
+			if (nr_failed)
+				putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
+		}
 
 		if (!err && nr_failed && (flags & MPOL_MF_STRICT))
 			err = -EIO;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index d917ac3207f5..35e454189966 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -883,8 +883,9 @@ out:
  *
  * The function returns after 10 attempts or if no pages
  * are movable anymore because to has become empty
- * or no retryable pages exist anymore. All pages will be
- * returned to the LRU or freed.
+ * or no retryable pages exist anymore.
+ * Caller should call putback_lru_pages to return pages to the LRU
+ * or free list.
  *
  * Return: Number of pages not migrated or error code.
  */
@@ -931,8 +932,6 @@ out:
 	if (!swapwrite)
 		current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
 
-	putback_lru_pages(from);
-
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -1087,9 +1086,12 @@ set_status:
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
-	if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
+	if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
 		err = migrate_pages(&pagelist, new_page_node,
 				(unsigned long)pm, 0);
+		if (err)
+			putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
+	}
 
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	return err;