diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 2015c9a06cae..ac595e7a3a95 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1691,16 +1691,16 @@ static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 
 	if (!PageHuge(page) && PageTransHuge(hpage)) {
 		lock_page(hpage);
-		ret = split_huge_page(hpage);
-		unlock_page(hpage);
-		if (unlikely(ret || PageTransCompound(page) ||
-			     !PageAnon(page))) {
-			pr_info("soft offline: %#lx: failed to split THP\n",
-				page_to_pfn(page));
-			if (flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED)
-				put_hwpoison_page(hpage);
+		if (!PageAnon(hpage) || unlikely(split_huge_page(hpage))) {
+			unlock_page(hpage);
+			if (!PageAnon(hpage))
+				pr_info("soft offline: %#lx: non anonymous thp\n", page_to_pfn(page));
+			else
+				pr_info("soft offline: %#lx: thp split failed\n", page_to_pfn(page));
+			put_hwpoison_page(hpage);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
+		unlock_page(hpage);
 		get_hwpoison_page(page);
 		put_hwpoison_page(hpage);
 	}