diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index e7e47838fd49..a6abd8d4a09c 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1822,12 +1822,12 @@ static void do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 		if (folio_test_large(folio))
 			pfn = folio_pfn(folio) + folio_nr_pages(folio) - 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
-		 * (keep the unmap as the catch all safety net).
-		 */
+		if (!folio_try_get(folio))
+			continue;
+
+		if (unlikely(page_folio(page) != folio))
+			goto put_folio;
+
 		if (folio_test_hwpoison(folio) ||
 		    (folio_test_large(folio) && folio_test_has_hwpoisoned(folio))) {
 			if (WARN_ON(folio_test_lru(folio)))
@@ -1835,14 +1835,8 @@ static void do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			if (folio_mapped(folio))
 				unmap_poisoned_folio(folio, pfn, false);
 
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (!folio_try_get(folio))
-			continue;
-
-		if (unlikely(page_folio(page) != folio))
 			goto put_folio;
+		}
 
 		if (!isolate_folio_to_list(folio, &source)) {
 			if (__ratelimit(&migrate_rs)) {