diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 6956627ebf8b..c4c313e47f12 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1631,8 +1631,19 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
 			start = i;
 		} else if (node != current_node) {
 			err = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				/*
+				 * Positive err means the number of failed
+				 * pages to migrate.  Since we are going to
+				 * abort and return the number of non-migrated
+				 * pages, so need to incude the rest of the
+				 * nr_pages that have not been attempted as
+				 * well.
+				 */
+				if (err > 0)
+					err += nr_pages - i - 1;
 				goto out;
+			}
 			err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
 			if (err)
 				goto out;
@@ -1663,8 +1674,11 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
 			goto out_flush;
 
 		err = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			if (err > 0)
+				err += nr_pages - i - 1;
 			goto out;
+		}
 		if (i > start) {
 			err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
 			if (err)
@@ -1678,6 +1692,13 @@ out_flush:
 
 	/* Make sure we do not overwrite the existing error */
 	err1 = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
+	/*
+	 * Don't have to report non-attempted pages here since:
+	 *     - If the above loop is done gracefully all pages have been
+	 *       attempted.
+	 *     - If the above loop is aborted it means a fatal error
+	 *       happened, should return ret.
+	 */
 	if (!err1)
 		err1 = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
 	if (err >= 0)