diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ac843d32b019..ede7e7f5d1ab 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1510,16 +1510,29 @@ static int free_pool_huge_page(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed,
 
 /*
  * Dissolve a given free hugepage into free buddy pages. This function does
- * nothing for in-use (including surplus) hugepages. Returns -EBUSY if the
- * dissolution fails because a give page is not a free hugepage, or because
- * free hugepages are fully reserved.
+ * nothing for in-use hugepages and non-hugepages.
+ * This function returns values like below:
+ *
+ *  -EBUSY: failed to dissolved free hugepages or the hugepage is in-use
+ *          (allocated or reserved.)
+ *       0: successfully dissolved free hugepages or the page is not a
+ *          hugepage (considered as already dissolved)
  */
 int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int rc = -EBUSY;
 
+	/* Not to disrupt normal path by vainly holding hugetlb_lock */
+	if (!PageHuge(page))
+		return 0;
+
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	if (PageHuge(page) && !page_count(page)) {
+	if (!PageHuge(page)) {
+		rc = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!page_count(page)) {
 		struct page *head = compound_head(page);
 		struct hstate *h = page_hstate(head);
 		int nid = page_to_nid(head);
@@ -1564,11 +1577,9 @@ int dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += 1 << minimum_order) {
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-		if (PageHuge(page) && !page_count(page)) {
-			rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
-			if (rc)
-				break;
-		}
+		rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 8ee7b16235ac..d9cc6606f409 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1856,11 +1856,8 @@ static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 
 static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-	struct page *head = compound_head(page);
+	int rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
 
-	if (PageHuge(head))
-		rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
 	if (!rc) {
 		if (set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(page))
 			num_poisoned_pages_inc();