diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 9054e443e1d2..2f9e4bc1c2a7 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4979,9 +4979,9 @@ bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	bool ret = true;
 
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-	if (!page_huge_active(page) || !get_page_unless_zero(page)) {
+	if (!PageHeadHuge(page) || !page_huge_active(page) ||
+	    !get_page_unless_zero(page)) {
 		ret = false;
 		goto unlock;
 	}