diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index e854679553b9..77be9fcffa99 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -2122,10 +2122,11 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			bool anon = folio_test_anon(folio);
 
 			/*
-			 * The try_to_unmap() is only passed a hugetlb page
-			 * in the case where the hugetlb page is poisoned.
+			 * The try_to_unmap() is only passed a hugetlb folio
+			 * in the case where the hugetlb folio contains a
+			 * poisoned page.
 			 */
-			VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHWPoison(subpage), subpage);
+			VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_hwpoison(folio), folio);
 			/*
 			 * huge_pmd_unshare may unmap an entire PMD page.
 			 * There is no way of knowing exactly which PMDs may
@@ -2204,7 +2205,8 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
 		update_hiwater_rss(mm);
 
-		if (PageHWPoison(subpage) && (flags & TTU_HWPOISON)) {
+		/* unmap_poisoned_folio() only refs order-0 or hugetlb folios */
+		if (folio_test_hwpoison(folio) && (flags & TTU_HWPOISON)) {
 			pteval = swp_entry_to_pte(make_hwpoison_entry(subpage));
 			if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
 				hugetlb_count_sub(folio_nr_pages(folio), mm);