diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 4c956e64a10c..ddfd1f99c884 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5622,7 +5622,6 @@ bool isolate_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 
 void putback_active_hugepage(struct page *page)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	set_page_huge_active(page);
 	list_move_tail(&page->lru, &(page_hstate(page))->hugepage_activelist);