diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 00ac2df7164c..5be764395e04 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ static unsigned long collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
 {
 	unsigned long i, collected = 0;
 	struct folio *prev_folio = NULL;
-	bool drain_allow = true;
+	int drained = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct folio *folio = page_folio(pages[i]);
@@ -1975,10 +1975,17 @@ static unsigned long collect_longterm_unpinnable_pages(
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (drain_allow && folio_ref_count(folio) !=
-				   folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1) {
+		if (drained == 0 &&
+				folio_ref_count(folio) !=
+				folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1) {
+			lru_add_drain();
+			drained = 1;
+		}
+		if (drained == 1 &&
+				folio_ref_count(folio) !=
+				folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1) {
 			lru_add_drain_all();
-			drain_allow = false;
+			drained = 2;
 		}
 
 		if (!folio_isolate_lru(folio))