diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
index 49cc68af01f8..8ac854f7f190 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
@@ -39,24 +39,3 @@ del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Isolate one page from the LRU lists.
- *
- * - zone->lru_lock must be held
- */
-static inline int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	if (unlikely(!TestClearPageLRU(page)))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (get_page_testone(page)) {
-		/*
-		 * It is being freed elsewhere
-		 */
-		__put_page(page);
-		SetPageLRU(page);
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index e92054d6530b..d01f7efb0f2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(activate_page(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(mark_page_accessed(struct page *));
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
+extern int lru_add_drain_all(void);
 extern int rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index a965b6b35f26..44da3d476994 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
  *    ->private_lock		(try_to_unmap_one)
  *    ->tree_lock		(try_to_unmap_one)
  *    ->zone.lru_lock		(follow_page->mark_page_accessed)
+ *    ->zone.lru_lock		(check_pte_range->isolate_lru_page)
  *    ->private_lock		(page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
  *    ->tree_lock		(page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
  *    ->inode_lock		(page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 3171f884d245..551cde40520b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@ static int check_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, *pte);
 		if (!page)
 			continue;
+		/*
+		 * The check for PageReserved here is important to avoid
+		 * handling zero pages and other pages that may have been
+		 * marked special by the system.
+		 *
+		 * If the PageReserved would not be checked here then f.e.
+		 * the location of the zero page could have an influence
+		 * on MPOL_MF_STRICT, zero pages would be counted for
+		 * the per node stats, and there would be useless attempts
+		 * to put zero pages on the migration list.
+		 */
 		if (PageReserved(page))
 			continue;
 		nid = page_to_nid(page);
@@ -216,11 +227,8 @@ static int check_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 
 		if (flags & MPOL_MF_STATS)
 			gather_stats(page, private);
-		else if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) {
-			spin_unlock(ptl);
+		else if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
 			migrate_page_add(vma, page, private, flags);
-			spin_lock(ptl);
-		}
 		else
 			break;
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
@@ -309,6 +317,10 @@ check_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	int err;
 	struct vm_area_struct *first, *vma, *prev;
 
+	/* Clear the LRU lists so pages can be isolated */
+	if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
+		lru_add_drain_all();
+
 	first = find_vma(mm, start);
 	if (!first)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
@@ -555,15 +567,8 @@ static void migrate_page_add(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if ((flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) || !page->mapping || PageAnon(page) ||
 	    mapping_writably_mapped(page->mapping) ||
 	    single_mm_mapping(vma->vm_mm, page->mapping)) {
-		int rc = isolate_lru_page(page);
-
-		if (rc == 1)
+		if (isolate_lru_page(page))
 			list_add(&page->lru, pagelist);
-		/*
-		 * If the isolate attempt was not successful then we just
-		 * encountered an unswappable page. Something must be wrong.
-	 	 */
-		WARN_ON(rc == 0);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index dfbb89f99a15..d85a99d28c03 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  *     mapping->i_mmap_lock
  *       anon_vma->lock
  *         mm->page_table_lock or pte_lock
- *           zone->lru_lock (in mark_page_accessed)
+ *           zone->lru_lock (in mark_page_accessed, isolate_lru_page)
  *           swap_lock (in swap_duplicate, swap_info_get)
  *             mmlist_lock (in mmput, drain_mmlist and others)
  *             mapping->private_lock (in __set_page_dirty_buffers)
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index cbb48e721ab9..bc2442a7b0ee 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -174,6 +174,32 @@ void lru_add_drain(void)
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(void *dummy)
+{
+	lru_add_drain();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns 0 for success
+ */
+int lru_add_drain_all(void)
+{
+	return schedule_on_each_cpu(lru_add_drain_per_cpu, NULL);
+}
+
+#else
+
+/*
+ * Returns 0 for success
+ */
+int lru_add_drain_all(void)
+{
+	lru_add_drain();
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This path almost never happens for VM activity - pages are normally
  * freed via pagevecs.  But it gets used by networking.
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bf903b2d198f..827bf674577a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static inline void move_to_lru(struct page *page)
 }
 
 /*
- * Add isolated pages on the list back to the LRU
+ * Add isolated pages on the list back to the LRU.
  *
  * returns the number of pages put back.
  */
@@ -760,46 +760,33 @@ next:
 	return nr_failed + retry;
 }
 
-static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(void *dummy)
-{
-	lru_add_drain();
-}
-
 /*
  * Isolate one page from the LRU lists and put it on the
- * indicated list. Do necessary cache draining if the
- * page is not on the LRU lists yet.
+ * indicated list with elevated refcount.
  *
  * Result:
  *  0 = page not on LRU list
  *  1 = page removed from LRU list and added to the specified list.
- * -ENOENT = page is being freed elsewhere.
  */
 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+	int ret = 0;
 
-redo:
-	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
-	rc = __isolate_lru_page(page);
-	if (rc == 1) {
-		if (PageActive(page))
-			del_page_from_active_list(zone, page);
-		else
-			del_page_from_inactive_list(zone, page);
+	if (PageLRU(page)) {
+		struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+		spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+		if (TestClearPageLRU(page)) {
+			ret = 1;
+			get_page(page);
+			if (PageActive(page))
+				del_page_from_active_list(zone, page);
+			else
+				del_page_from_inactive_list(zone, page);
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
-	if (rc == 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Maybe this page is still waiting for a cpu to drain it
-		 * from one of the lru lists?
-		 */
-		rc = schedule_on_each_cpu(lru_add_drain_per_cpu, NULL);
-		if (rc == 0 && PageLRU(page))
-			goto redo;
-	}
-	return rc;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -831,18 +818,20 @@ static int isolate_lru_pages(int nr_to_scan, struct list_head *src,
 		page = lru_to_page(src);
 		prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
 
-		switch (__isolate_lru_page(page)) {
-		case 1:
-			/* Succeeded to isolate page */
-			list_move(&page->lru, dst);
-			nr_taken++;
-			break;
-		case -ENOENT:
-			/* Not possible to isolate */
-			list_move(&page->lru, src);
-			break;
-		default:
+		if (!TestClearPageLRU(page))
 			BUG();
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+		if (get_page_testone(page)) {
+			/*
+			 * It is being freed elsewhere
+			 */
+			__put_page(page);
+			SetPageLRU(page);
+			list_add(&page->lru, src);
+			continue;
+		} else {
+			list_add(&page->lru, dst);
+			nr_taken++;
 		}
 	}