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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 1a33c8e1e758..fdd3fc6be862 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1415,14 +1415,24 @@ int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
if (PageDirty(page)) {
struct address_space *mapping;
+ bool migrate_dirty;
/*
* Only pages without mappings or that have a
* ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
- * without blocking
+ * without blocking. However, we can be racing with
+ * truncation so it's necessary to lock the page
+ * to stabilise the mapping as truncation holds
+ * the page lock until after the page is removed
+ * from the page cache.
*/
+ if (!trylock_page(page))
+ return ret;
+
mapping = page_mapping(page);
- if (mapping && !mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
+ migrate_dirty = mapping && mapping->a_ops->migratepage;
+ unlock_page(page);
+ if (!migrate_dirty)
return ret;
}
}