diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 947ed5413279..3faba33c67cc 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
 	 * worked by memory_failure() and the page lock is not held yet.
 	 * In such case, we yield to memory_failure() and make unpoison fail.
 	 */
-	if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
+	if (!PageHuge(page) && PageTransHuge(page)) {
 		pr_info("MCE: Memory failure is now running on %#lx\n", pfn);
 			return 0;
 	}