diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 024b7e929752..ee4eecc7e1c2 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -933,10 +933,7 @@ static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page,
 	 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
 	 * and thus under the i_pages lock, then this ordering is not required.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page)) && PageSwapCache(page))
-		refcount = 1 + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
-	else
-		refcount = 2;
+	refcount = 1 + compound_nr(page);
 	if (!page_ref_freeze(page, refcount))
 		goto cannot_free;
 	/* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_ref_freeze provides the smp_rmb */