diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 133737580a7e..70f44180ef80 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1383,8 +1383,15 @@ static int __get_hwpoison_page(struct page *page, unsigned long flags)
 	bool hugetlb = false;
 
 	ret = get_hwpoison_hugetlb_folio(folio, &hugetlb, false);
-	if (hugetlb)
-		return ret;
+	if (hugetlb) {
+		/* Make sure hugetlb demotion did not happen from under us. */
+		if (folio == page_folio(page))
+			return ret;
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			folio_put(folio);
+			folio = page_folio(page);
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * This check prevents from calling folio_try_get() for any
@@ -1473,8 +1480,13 @@ static int __get_unpoison_page(struct page *page)
 	bool hugetlb = false;
 
 	ret = get_hwpoison_hugetlb_folio(folio, &hugetlb, true);
-	if (hugetlb)
-		return ret;
+	if (hugetlb) {
+		/* Make sure hugetlb demotion did not happen from under us. */
+		if (folio == page_folio(page))
+			return ret;
+		if (ret > 0)
+			folio_put(folio);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * PageHWPoisonTakenOff pages are not only marked as PG_hwpoison,