diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b119c44435bf..aae2f408f905 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static unsigned long shmem_unused_huge_shrink(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info;
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long batch = sc ? sc->nr_to_scan : 128;
-	int removed = 0, split = 0;
+	int split = 0;
 
 	if (list_empty(&sbinfo->shrinklist))
 		return SHRINK_STOP;
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ static unsigned long shmem_unused_huge_shrink(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 		/* inode is about to be evicted */
 		if (!inode) {
 			list_del_init(&info->shrinklist);
-			removed++;
 			goto next;
 		}
 
@@ -489,12 +488,12 @@ static unsigned long shmem_unused_huge_shrink(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 		if (round_up(inode->i_size, PAGE_SIZE) ==
 				round_up(inode->i_size, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)) {
 			list_move(&info->shrinklist, &to_remove);
-			removed++;
 			goto next;
 		}
 
 		list_move(&info->shrinklist, &list);
 next:
+		sbinfo->shrinklist_len--;
 		if (!--batch)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@ next:
 		inode = &info->vfs_inode;
 
 		if (nr_to_split && split >= nr_to_split)
-			goto leave;
+			goto move_back;
 
 		page = find_get_page(inode->i_mapping,
 				(inode->i_size & HPAGE_PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -528,38 +527,44 @@ next:
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Leave the inode on the list if we failed to lock
-		 * the page at this time.
+		 * Move the inode on the list back to shrinklist if we failed
+		 * to lock the page at this time.
 		 *
 		 * Waiting for the lock may lead to deadlock in the
 		 * reclaim path.
 		 */
 		if (!trylock_page(page)) {
 			put_page(page);
-			goto leave;
+			goto move_back;
 		}
 
 		ret = split_huge_page(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		put_page(page);
 
-		/* If split failed leave the inode on the list */
+		/* If split failed move the inode on the list back to shrinklist */
 		if (ret)
-			goto leave;
+			goto move_back;
 
 		split++;
 drop:
 		list_del_init(&info->shrinklist);
-		removed++;
-leave:
+		goto put;
+move_back:
+		/*
+		 * Make sure the inode is either on the global list or deleted
+		 * from any local list before iput() since it could be deleted
+		 * in another thread once we put the inode (then the local list
+		 * is corrupted).
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
+		list_move(&info->shrinklist, &sbinfo->shrinklist);
+		sbinfo->shrinklist_len++;
+		spin_unlock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
+put:
 		iput(inode);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
-	list_splice_tail(&list, &sbinfo->shrinklist);
-	sbinfo->shrinklist_len -= removed;
-	spin_unlock(&sbinfo->shrinklist_lock);
-
 	return split;
 }