@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct hstate {
 	unsigned long resv_huge_pages;
 	unsigned long surplus_huge_pages;
 	unsigned long nr_overcommit_huge_pages;
+	struct list_head hugepage_activelist;
 	struct list_head hugepage_freelists[MAX_NUMNODES];
 	unsigned int nr_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 	unsigned int free_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];

@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void copy_huge_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src)
 static void enqueue_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
 {
 	int nid = page_to_nid(page);
-	list_add(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_freelists[nid]);
+	list_move(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_freelists[nid]);
 	h->free_huge_pages++;
 	h->free_huge_pages_node[nid]++;
 }

@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static struct page *dequeue_huge_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid)
 	if (list_empty(&h->hugepage_freelists[nid]))
 		return NULL;
 	page = list_entry(h->hugepage_freelists[nid].next, struct page, lru);
-	list_del(&page->lru);
+	list_move(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_activelist);
 	set_page_refcounted(page);
 	h->free_huge_pages--;
 	h->free_huge_pages_node[nid]--;

@@ -626,10 +626,11 @@ static void free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	page->mapping = NULL;
 	BUG_ON(page_count(page));
 	BUG_ON(page_mapcount(page));
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid] && huge_page_order(h) < MAX_ORDER) {
+		/* remove the page from active list */
+		list_del(&page->lru);
 		update_and_free_page(h, page);
 		h->surplus_huge_pages--;
 		h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]--;

@@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ static void free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 
 static void prep_new_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page, int nid)
 {
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
 	set_compound_page_dtor(page, free_huge_page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	h->nr_huge_pages++;

@@ -890,6 +892,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_page(struct hstate *h, int nid)
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (page) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
 		r_nid = page_to_nid(page);
 		set_compound_page_dtor(page, free_huge_page);
 		/*

@@ -994,7 +997,6 @@ retry:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
 		if ((--needed) < 0)
 			break;
-		list_del(&page->lru);
 		/*
 		 * This page is now managed by the hugetlb allocator and has
 		 * no users -- drop the buddy allocator's reference.

@@ -1009,7 +1011,6 @@ free:
 	/* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
 	if (!list_empty(&surplus_list)) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
-			list_del(&page->lru);
 			put_page(page);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1909,6 +1910,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_add_hstate(unsigned order)
 	h->free_huge_pages = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; ++i)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->hugepage_freelists[i]);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->hugepage_activelist);
 	h->next_nid_to_alloc = first_node(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
 	h->next_nid_to_free = first_node(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
 	snprintf(h->name, HSTATE_NAME_LEN, "hugepages-%lukB",