diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 987bb03fbdd8..58ec1bc262c3 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -157,14 +157,9 @@ static inline void mlock_migrate_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page)
  */
 static inline void free_page_mlock(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (unlikely(TestClearPageMlocked(page))) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		local_irq_save(flags);
-		__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_MLOCK);
-		__count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_MLOCKFREED);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-	}
+	__ClearPageMlocked(page);
+	__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_MLOCK);
+	__count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_MLOCKFREED);
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8f334d339b08..03a386d24ef2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
 
 static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page)
 {
-	free_page_mlock(page);
 	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
 		(page->mapping != NULL)  |
 		(page_count(page) != 0)  |
@@ -552,6 +551,7 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int i;
 	int bad = 0;
+	int clearMlocked = PageMlocked(page);
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < (1 << order) ; ++i)
 		bad += free_pages_check(page + i);
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (unlikely(clearMlocked))
+		free_page_mlock(page);
 	__count_vm_events(PGFREE, 1 << order);
 	free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, order,
 					get_pageblock_migratetype(page));
@@ -1013,6 +1015,7 @@ static void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)
 	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
 	struct per_cpu_pages *pcp;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int clearMlocked = PageMlocked(page);
 
 	if (PageAnon(page))
 		page->mapping = NULL;
@@ -1028,7 +1031,10 @@ static void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)
 
 	pcp = &zone_pcp(zone, get_cpu())->pcp;
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (unlikely(clearMlocked))
+		free_page_mlock(page);
 	__count_vm_event(PGFREE);
+
 	if (cold)
 		list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pcp->list);
 	else