diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 233f0011f768..a1e3becef05e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ cull_mlocked:
 		if (PageSwapCache(page))
 			try_to_free_swap(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
-		putback_lru_page(page);
+		list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
 		continue;
 
 activate_locked: