diff --git a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
index 384e29f6bef0..bcdc57eea270 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	EM( SCAN_PAGE_LRU,		"page_not_in_lru")		\
 	EM( SCAN_PAGE_LOCK,		"page_locked")			\
 	EM( SCAN_PAGE_ANON,		"page_not_anon")		\
+	EM( SCAN_PAGE_LAZYFREE,		"page_lazyfree")		\
 	EM( SCAN_PAGE_COMPOUND,		"page_compound")		\
 	EM( SCAN_ANY_PROCESS,		"no_process_for_page")		\
 	EM( SCAN_VMA_NULL,		"vma_null")			\
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 8ee3c44bc851..13b0fe50dfc5 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum scan_result {
 	SCAN_PAGE_LRU,
 	SCAN_PAGE_LOCK,
 	SCAN_PAGE_ANON,
+	SCAN_PAGE_LAZYFREE,
 	SCAN_PAGE_COMPOUND,
 	SCAN_ANY_PROCESS,
 	SCAN_VMA_NULL,
@@ -577,6 +578,16 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		folio = page_folio(page);
 		VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_anon(folio), folio);
 
+		/*
+		 * If the vma has the VM_DROPPABLE flag, the collapse will
+		 * preserve the lazyfree property without needing to skip.
+		 */
+		if (cc->is_khugepaged && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE) &&
+		    folio_test_lazyfree(folio) && !pte_dirty(pteval)) {
+			result = SCAN_PAGE_LAZYFREE;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		/* See hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(). */
 		if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio)) {
 			++shared;
@@ -1325,6 +1336,16 @@ static enum scan_result hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		}
 		folio = page_folio(page);
 
+		/*
+		 * If the vma has the VM_DROPPABLE flag, the collapse will
+		 * preserve the lazyfree property without needing to skip.
+		 */
+		if (cc->is_khugepaged && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE) &&
+		    folio_test_lazyfree(folio) && !pte_dirty(pteval)) {
+			result = SCAN_PAGE_LAZYFREE;
+			goto out_unmap;
+		}
+
 		if (!folio_test_anon(folio)) {
 			result = SCAN_PAGE_ANON;
 			goto out_unmap;