diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index d9d4231..9056a1f 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,16 @@
 		}
 		set_pte_at(mm, address, pte,
 			   swp_entry_to_pte(make_hwpoison_entry(page)));
+	} else if (pte_unused(pteval)) {
+		/*
+		 * The guest indicated that the page content is of no
+		 * interest anymore. Simply discard the pte, vmscan
+		 * will take care of the rest.
+		 */
+		if (PageAnon(page))
+			dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
+		else
+			dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
 	} else if (PageAnon(page)) {
 		swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(page) };
 		pte_t swp_pte;