diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index f9fa9982b5d4..7c63ba9ff6e7 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1707,6 +1707,9 @@ static int __get_any_page(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 		} else if (is_free_buddy_page(p)) {
 			pr_info("%s: %#lx free buddy page\n", __func__, pfn);
 			ret = 0;
+		} else if (page_count(p)) {
+			/* raced with allocation */
+			ret = -EBUSY;
 		} else {
 			pr_info("%s: %#lx: unknown zero refcount page type %lx\n",
 				__func__, pfn, p->flags);
@@ -1723,6 +1726,9 @@ static int get_any_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 {
 	int ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn, flags);
 
+	if (ret == -EBUSY)
+		ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn, flags);
+
 	if (ret == 1 && !PageHuge(page) &&
 	    !PageLRU(page) && !__PageMovable(page)) {
 		/*