diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index e86cafc9f771..5e4c3f2f7532 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1756,6 +1756,28 @@ static int migrate_pages_batch(struct list_head *from,
 
 			cond_resched();
 
+			/*
+			 * The rare folio on the deferred split list should
+			 * be split now. It should not count as a failure.
+			 * Only check it without removing it from the list.
+			 * Since the folio can be on deferred_split_scan()
+			 * local list and removing it can cause the local list
+			 * corruption. Folio split process below can handle it
+			 * with the help of folio_ref_freeze().
+			 *
+			 * nr_pages > 2 is needed to avoid checking order-1
+			 * page cache folios. They exist, in contrast to
+			 * non-existent order-1 anonymous folios, and do not
+			 * use _deferred_list.
+			 */
+			if (nr_pages > 2 &&
+			   !list_empty(&folio->_deferred_list)) {
+				if (try_split_folio(folio, split_folios, reason) == 0) {
+					stats->nr_thp_split += is_thp;
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * Large folio migration might be unsupported or
 			 * the allocation might be failed so we should retry