diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 8ad923a..863544d 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1719,6 +1719,8 @@
 
 	if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
 		pr_info("soft offline: %#lx page already poisoned\n", pfn);
+		if (flags & MF_COUNT_INCREASED)
+			put_page(page);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	if (!PageHuge(page) && PageTransHuge(hpage)) {