diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index d4b5f29..c7c74a9 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/compaction.h>
+#include <linux/rmap.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
@@ -1391,6 +1392,21 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			pfn = page_to_pfn(compound_head(page))
 				+ hpage_nr_pages(page) - 1;
 
+		/*
+		 * HWPoison pages have elevated reference counts so the migration would
+		 * fail on them. It also doesn't make any sense to migrate them in the
+		 * first place. Still try to unmap such a page in case it is still mapped
+		 * (e.g. current hwpoison implementation doesn't unmap KSM pages but keep
+		 * the unmap as the catch all safety net).
+		 */
+		if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
+			if (WARN_ON(PageLRU(page)))
+				isolate_lru_page(page);
+			if (page_mapped(page))
+				try_to_unmap(page, TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK | TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!get_page_unless_zero(page))
 			continue;
 		/*