diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 1e99f7a..954e13e 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ extern void deactivate_page(struct page *page);
 extern void mark_page_lazyfree(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
-extern void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
+extern void lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
 						struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 /* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ece7e13..14156fc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int __replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		get_page(new_page);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, addr, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 	} else
 		/* no new page, just dec_mm_counter for old_page */
 		dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index a880932..6356dfd 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		entry = maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, haddr, true);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, true);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 		pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, pgtable);
 		set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, haddr, vmf->pmd, entry);
 		add_mm_counter(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_wp_page_fallback(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		set_page_private(pages[i], 0);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(pages[i], vmf->vma, haddr, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(pages[i], memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(pages[i], vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(pages[i], vma);
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map(&_pmd, haddr);
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pte_none(*vmf->pte));
 		set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, haddr, vmf->pte, entry);
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
 		pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, vmf->pmd);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, haddr, true);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false, true);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 		set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, haddr, vmf->pmd, entry);
 		update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pmd);
 		if (!page) {
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index b679908..246c155 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address, true);
 	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false, true);
 	count_memcg_events(memcg, THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC, 1);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 	pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pmd, pgtable);
 	set_pmd_at(mm, address, pmd, _pmd);
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 45442d9..5f7813a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_copy(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, vmf->address, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 		/*
 		 * We call the notify macro here because, when using secondary
 		 * mmu page tables (such as kvm shadow page tables), we want the
@@ -3038,11 +3038,10 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (unlikely(page != swapcache && swapcache)) {
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	} else {
 		do_page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, exclusive);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, true, false);
-		activate_page(page);
 	}
 
 	swap_free(entry);
@@ -3186,7 +3185,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
 	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 setpte:
 	set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, vmf->address, vmf->pte, entry);
 
@@ -3449,7 +3448,7 @@ vm_fault_t alloc_set_pte(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	} else {
 		inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, mm_counter_file(page));
 		page_add_file_rmap(page, false);
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 86873b6..ef034c0 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@ static void migrate_vma_insert_page(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, addr, false);
 	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
 	if (!is_zone_device_page(page))
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	get_page(page);
 
 	if (flush) {
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 5341ae9..442d27e 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -448,23 +448,24 @@ void lru_cache_add(struct page *page)
 }
 
 /**
- * lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable
+ * lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable
  * @page:  the page to be added to LRU
  * @vma:   vma in which page is mapped for determining reclaimability
  *
- * Place @page on the active or unevictable LRU list, depending on its
+ * Place @page on the inactive or unevictable LRU list, depending on its
  * evictability.  Note that if the page is not evictable, it goes
  * directly back onto it's zone's unevictable list, it does NOT use a
  * per cpu pagevec.
  */
-void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
+void lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
 					 struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	bool unevictable;
+
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
 
-	if (likely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SPECIAL)) != VM_LOCKED))
-		SetPageActive(page);
-	else if (!TestSetPageMlocked(page)) {
+	unevictable = (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SPECIAL)) == VM_LOCKED;
+	if (unevictable && !TestSetPageMlocked(page)) {
 		/*
 		 * We use the irq-unsafe __mod_zone_page_stat because this
 		 * counter is not modified from interrupt context, and the pte
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index bb3261d..6bdcbf9 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static int unuse_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	} else { /* ksm created a completely new copy */
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, addr, false);
 		mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	}
 	swap_free(entry);
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 1b0d7ab..875e329 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	inc_mm_counter(dst_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, dst_vma, dst_addr, false);
 	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, dst_vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, dst_vma);
 
 	set_pte_at(dst_mm, dst_addr, dst_pte, _dst_pte);
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e772f3f..c932141 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1010,8 +1010,6 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 		return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
 
 	if (referenced_ptes) {
-		if (PageSwapBacked(page))
-			return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
 		/*
 		 * All mapped pages start out with page table
 		 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
@@ -1034,7 +1032,7 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 		/*
 		 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
 		 */
-		if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
+		if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && !PageSwapBacked(page))
 			return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
 
 		return PAGEREF_KEEP;
