diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index b7c171602ba1..db08af92c6fc 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1505,10 +1505,16 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = -EIO;
 	} else {
-		set_page_hwpoison_huge_page(hpage);
-		dequeue_hwpoisoned_huge_page(hpage);
-		atomic_long_add(1 << compound_order(hpage),
-				&num_poisoned_pages);
+		/* overcommit hugetlb page will be freed to buddy */
+		if (PageHuge(page)) {
+			set_page_hwpoison_huge_page(hpage);
+			dequeue_hwpoisoned_huge_page(hpage);
+			atomic_long_add(1 << compound_order(hpage),
+					&num_poisoned_pages);
+		} else {
+			SetPageHWPoison(page);
+			atomic_long_inc(&num_poisoned_pages);
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }