diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3128d9584712..3eb0b311b4a1 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,20 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		/* check again */
 		ret = walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn,
 					    NULL, check_pages_isolated_cb);
+		/*
+		 * per-cpu pages are drained in start_isolate_page_range, but if
+		 * there are still pages that are not free, make sure that we
+		 * drain again, because when we isolated range we might
+		 * have raced with another thread that was adding pages to pcp
+		 * list.
+		 *
+		 * Forward progress should be still guaranteed because
+		 * pages on the pcp list can only belong to MOVABLE_ZONE
+		 * because has_unmovable_pages explicitly checks for
+		 * PageBuddy on freed pages on other zones.
+		 */
+		if (ret)
+			drain_all_pages(zone);
 	} while (ret);
 
 	/* Ok, all of our target is isolated.
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index 89c19c0feadb..da0f6e1ae01e 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
  * pageblocks we may have modified and return -EBUSY to caller. This
  * prevents two threads from simultaneously working on overlapping ranges.
  *
+ * Please note that there is no strong synchronization with the page allocator
+ * either. Pages might be freed while their page blocks are marked ISOLATED.
+ * In some cases pages might still end up on pcp lists and that would allow
+ * for their allocation even when they are in fact isolated already. Depending
+ * on how strong of a guarantee the caller needs drain_all_pages might be needed
+ * (e.g. __offline_pages will need to call it after check for isolated range for
+ * a next retry).
+ *
  * Return: the number of isolated pageblocks on success and -EBUSY if any part
  * of range cannot be isolated.
  */