diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index d15a9f08caab7..8243437e5c5f3 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			enum ttu_flags flags = TTU_BATCH_FLUSH;
 			bool was_swapbacked = PageSwapBacked(page);
 
-			if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page)))
+			if (PageTransHuge(page) &&
+					thp_order(page) >= HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
 				flags |= TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD;
 
 			try_to_unmap(folio, flags);