diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 29c719b3ab31..497d7ce43d39 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1946,14 +1946,14 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
 /*
  * Returns the number of collected pages. Return value is always >= 0.
  */
-static void collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
+static unsigned long collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
 					struct list_head *movable_page_list,
 					unsigned long nr_pages,
 					struct page **pages)
 {
+	unsigned long i, collected = 0;
 	struct folio *prev_folio = NULL;
 	bool drain_allow = true;
-	unsigned long i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct folio *folio = page_folio(pages[i]);
@@ -1965,6 +1965,8 @@ static void collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
 		if (folio_is_longterm_pinnable(folio))
 			continue;
 
+		collected++;
+
 		if (folio_is_device_coherent(folio))
 			continue;
 
@@ -1986,6 +1988,8 @@ static void collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
 				    NR_ISOLATED_ANON + folio_is_file_lru(folio),
 				    folio_nr_pages(folio));
 	}
+
+	return collected;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2078,10 +2082,12 @@ err:
 static long check_and_migrate_movable_pages(unsigned long nr_pages,
 					    struct page **pages)
 {
+	unsigned long collected;
 	LIST_HEAD(movable_page_list);
 
-	collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(&movable_page_list, nr_pages, pages);
-	if (list_empty(&movable_page_list))
+	collected = collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(&movable_page_list,
+						nr_pages, pages);
+	if (!collected)
 		return 0;
 
 	return migrate_longterm_unpinnable_pages(&movable_page_list, nr_pages,