diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 52eff4070e77..d7b39e6685d1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 	bool skip_kasan_poison = should_skip_kasan_poison(page, fpi_flags);
 	bool init = want_init_on_free();
 	bool compound = PageCompound(page);
+	struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
 
@@ -1100,6 +1101,20 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 	if (memcg_kmem_online() && PageMemcgKmem(page))
 		__memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(page, order);
 
+	/*
+	 * In rare cases, when truncation or holepunching raced with
+	 * munlock after VM_LOCKED was cleared, Mlocked may still be
+	 * found set here.  This does not indicate a problem, unless
+	 * "unevictable_pgs_cleared" appears worryingly large.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(folio_test_mlocked(folio))) {
+		long nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+
+		__folio_clear_mlocked(folio);
+		zone_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_MLOCK, -nr_pages);
+		count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED, nr_pages);
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(PageHWPoison(page)) && !order) {
 		/* Do not let hwpoison pages hit pcplists/buddy */
 		reset_page_owner(page, order);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index cd8f0150ba3a..42082eba42de 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ static void __page_cache_release(struct folio *folio)
 		__folio_clear_lru_flags(folio);
 		unlock_page_lruvec_irqrestore(lruvec, flags);
 	}
-	/* See comment on folio_test_mlocked in release_pages() */
-	if (unlikely(folio_test_mlocked(folio))) {
-		long nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
-
-		__folio_clear_mlocked(folio);
-		zone_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_MLOCK, -nr_pages);
-		count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED, nr_pages);
-	}
 }
 
 static void __folio_put_small(struct folio *folio)
@@ -1021,18 +1013,6 @@ void release_pages(release_pages_arg arg, int nr)
 			__folio_clear_lru_flags(folio);
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * In rare cases, when truncation or holepunching raced with
-		 * munlock after VM_LOCKED was cleared, Mlocked may still be
-		 * found set here.  This does not indicate a problem, unless
-		 * "unevictable_pgs_cleared" appears worryingly large.
-		 */
-		if (unlikely(folio_test_mlocked(folio))) {
-			__folio_clear_mlocked(folio);
-			zone_stat_sub_folio(folio, NR_MLOCK);
-			count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCLEARED);
-		}
-
 		list_add(&folio->lru, &pages_to_free);
 	}
 	if (lruvec)