diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index a18fc8e5a3dd..c0ba379574a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode, long from, long to,
 						vm_flags_t vm_flags);
 long hugetlb_unreserve_pages(struct inode *inode, long start, long end,
 						long freed);
-bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list);
+int isolate_hugetlb(struct page *page, struct list_head *list);
 void putback_active_hugepage(struct page *page);
 void move_hugetlb_state(struct page *oldpage, struct page *newpage, int reason);
 void free_huge_page(struct page *page);
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ static inline pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
+static inline int isolate_hugetlb(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	return false;
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 static inline void putback_active_hugepage(struct page *page)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 6d5e4fd55d32..11307a8b20d5 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ check_again:
 		 */
 		if (is_migrate_cma_page(head)) {
 			if (PageHuge(head)) {
-				if (!isolate_huge_page(head, &cma_page_list))
+				if (isolate_hugetlb(head, &cma_page_list))
 					isolation_error_count++;
 			} else {
 				if (!PageLRU(head) && drain_allow) {
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3499b3803384..81949f6d29af 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5655,14 +5655,14 @@ follow_huge_pgd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, pgd_t *pgd, int fla
 	return pte_page(*(pte_t *)pgd) + ((address & ~PGDIR_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
-bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
+int isolate_hugetlb(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	bool ret = true;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (!PageHeadHuge(page) || !page_huge_active(page) ||
 	    !get_page_unless_zero(page)) {
-		ret = false;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 	clear_page_huge_active(page);
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index aef267c6a724..b21dd4a79392 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static bool isolate_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *pagelist)
 	bool lru = PageLRU(page);
 
 	if (PageHuge(page)) {
-		isolated = isolate_huge_page(page, pagelist);
+		isolated = !isolate_hugetlb(page, pagelist);
 	} else {
 		if (lru)
 			isolated = !isolate_lru_page(page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 6275b1c05f11..f0633f9a9116 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 
 		if (PageHuge(page)) {
 			pfn = page_to_pfn(head) + compound_nr(head) - 1;
-			isolate_huge_page(head, &source);
+			isolate_hugetlb(head, &source);
 			continue;
 		} else if (PageTransHuge(page))
 			pfn = page_to_pfn(head) + thp_nr_pages(page) - 1;
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f9f47449e8dd..59d72b121346 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int queue_pages_hugetlb(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask,
 	/* With MPOL_MF_MOVE, we migrate only unshared hugepage. */
 	if (flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) ||
 	    (flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE && page_mapcount(page) == 1)) {
-		if (!isolate_huge_page(page, qp->pagelist) &&
+		if (isolate_hugetlb(page, qp->pagelist) &&
 			(flags & MPOL_MF_STRICT))
 			/*
 			 * Failed to isolate page but allow migrating pages
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index b716b8fa2c3f..fcb7eb6a6eca 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void putback_movable_page(struct page *page)
  *
  * This function shall be used whenever the isolated pageset has been
  * built from lru, balloon, hugetlbfs page. See isolate_migratepages_range()
- * and isolate_huge_page().
+ * and isolate_hugetlb().
  */
 void putback_movable_pages(struct list_head *l)
 {
@@ -1657,8 +1657,9 @@ static int add_page_for_migration(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 
 	if (PageHuge(page)) {
 		if (PageHead(page)) {
-			isolate_huge_page(page, pagelist);
-			err = 1;
+			err = isolate_hugetlb(page, pagelist);
+			if (!err)
+				err = 1;
 		}
 	} else {
 		struct page *head;