diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index e3a4feac9b0e..a7251a8ed532 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -75,7 +76,14 @@ static void __put_compound_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	compound_page_dtor *dtor;
 
-	__page_cache_release(page);
+	/*
+	 * __page_cache_release() is supposed to be called for thp, not for
+	 * hugetlb. This is because hugetlb page does never have PageLRU set
+	 * (it's never listed to any LRU lists) and no memcg routines should
+	 * be called for hugetlb (it has a separate hugetlb_cgroup.)
+	 */
+	if (!PageHuge(page))
+		__page_cache_release(page);
 	dtor = get_compound_page_dtor(page);
 	(*dtor)(page);
 }