--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlbc-just-use-put_page_testzero-instead-of-page_count +++ a/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -2014,8 +2014,7 @@ retry: * This page is now managed by the hugetlb allocator and has * no users -- drop the buddy allocator's reference. */ - put_page_testzero(page); - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(page), page); + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!put_page_testzero(page), page); enqueue_huge_page(h, page); } free: