diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 33ee637..e10d780 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1295,13 +1295,14 @@
 	if (current_nid == numa_node_id())
 		count_vm_numa_event(NUMA_HINT_FAULTS_LOCAL);
 
-	target_nid = mpol_misplaced(page, vma, haddr);
-	if (target_nid == -1) {
-		put_page(page);
-		goto clear_pmdnuma;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Acquire the page lock to serialise THP migrations but avoid dropping
+	 * page_table_lock if at all possible
+	 */
+	if (trylock_page(page))
+		goto got_lock;
 
-	/* Acquire the page lock to serialise THP migrations */
+	/* Serialise against migrationa and check placement check placement */
 	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	lock_page(page);
 
@@ -1312,9 +1313,17 @@
 		put_page(page);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+
+got_lock:
+	target_nid = mpol_misplaced(page, vma, haddr);
+	if (target_nid == -1) {
+		unlock_page(page);
+		put_page(page);
+		goto clear_pmdnuma;
+	}
 
 	/* Migrate the THP to the requested node */
+	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	migrated = migrate_misplaced_transhuge_page(mm, vma,
 				pmdp, pmd, addr, page, target_nid);
 	if (!migrated)