diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index aecb1433cf3c..04a98bb2f568 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
 			 * Capture required information that might get lost
 			 * during migration.
 			 */
-			is_thp = PageTransHuge(page);
+			is_thp = PageTransHuge(page) && !PageHuge(page);
 			nr_subpages = thp_nr_pages(page);
 			cond_resched();
 
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
 				 * we encounter them after the rest of the list
 				 * is processed.
 				 */
-				if (PageTransHuge(page) && !PageHuge(page)) {
+				if (is_thp) {
 					lock_page(page);
 					rc = split_huge_page_to_list(page, from);
 					unlock_page(page);
@@ -1481,8 +1481,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
 						nr_thp_split++;
 						goto retry;
 					}
-				}
-				if (is_thp) {
+
 					nr_thp_failed++;
 					nr_failed += nr_subpages;
 					goto out;