diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 876cc64aadd7..ea2d44fcd326 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static void filemap_unaccount_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
 				 * and we'd rather not leak it: if we're wrong,
 				 * another bad page check should catch it later.
 				 */
-				page_mapcount_reset(&folio->page);
+				atomic_set(&folio->_mapcount, -1);
 				folio_ref_sub(folio, mapcount);
 			}
 		}