diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5f9394df19bf..a329cfaf634d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -788,7 +788,11 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
 			page = list_entry(list->prev, struct page, lru);
 			/* must delete as __free_one_page list manipulates */
 			list_del(&page->lru);
+
 			mt = get_freepage_migratetype(page);
+			/* MIGRATE_ISOLATE page should not go to pcplists */
+			VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(is_migrate_isolate(mt), page);
+			/* Pageblock could have been isolated meanwhile */
 			if (unlikely(has_isolate_pageblock(zone)))
 				mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
 
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index 303c908790ef..32fdc1df05e5 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -223,34 +223,16 @@ __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
 			continue;
 		}
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-		if (PageBuddy(page)) {
+		if (PageBuddy(page))
 			/*
-			 * If race between isolatation and allocation happens,
-			 * some free pages could be in MIGRATE_MOVABLE list
-			 * although pageblock's migratation type of the page
-			 * is MIGRATE_ISOLATE. Catch it and move the page into
-			 * MIGRATE_ISOLATE list.
+			 * If the page is on a free list, it has to be on
+			 * the correct MIGRATE_ISOLATE freelist. There is no
+			 * simple way to verify that as VM_BUG_ON(), though.
 			 */
-			if (get_freepage_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_ISOLATE) {
-				struct page *end_page;
-
-				end_page = page + (1 << page_order(page)) - 1;
-				move_freepages(page_zone(page), page, end_page,
-						MIGRATE_ISOLATE);
-			}
 			pfn += 1 << page_order(page);
-		}
-		else if (page_count(page) == 0 &&
-			get_freepage_migratetype(page) == MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
-			pfn += 1;
-		else if (skip_hwpoisoned_pages && PageHWPoison(page)) {
-			/*
-			 * The HWPoisoned page may be not in buddy
-			 * system, and page_count() is not 0.
-			 */
+		else if (skip_hwpoisoned_pages && PageHWPoison(page))
+			/* A HWPoisoned page cannot be also PageBuddy */
 			pfn++;
-			continue;
-		}
 		else
 			break;
 	}