diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 087fd5f48c91..1b858d795731 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -506,6 +506,31 @@ static inline bool hugepage_migration_supported(struct hstate *h)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Movability check is different as compared to migration check.
+ * It determines whether or not a huge page should be placed on
+ * movable zone or not. Movability of any huge page should be
+ * required only if huge page size is supported for migration.
+ * There wont be any reason for the huge page to be movable if
+ * it is not migratable to start with. Also the size of the huge
+ * page should be large enough to be placed under a movable zone
+ * and still feasible enough to be migratable. Just the presence
+ * in movable zone does not make the migration feasible.
+ *
+ * So even though large huge page sizes like the gigantic ones
+ * are migratable they should not be movable because its not
+ * feasible to migrate them from movable zone.
+ */
+static inline bool hugepage_movable_supported(struct hstate *h)
+{
+	if (!hugepage_migration_supported(h))
+		return false;
+
+	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 					   struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
@@ -602,6 +627,11 @@ static inline bool hugepage_migration_supported(struct hstate *h)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool hugepage_movable_supported(struct hstate *h)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 					   struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3c504fa6b460..2fb3062a3595 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ retry_cpuset:
 /* Movability of hugepages depends on migration support. */
 static inline gfp_t htlb_alloc_mask(struct hstate *h)
 {
-	if (hugepage_migration_supported(h))
+	if (hugepage_movable_supported(h))
 		return GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE;
 	else
 		return GFP_HIGHUSER;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 181f5d2718a9..0413596fc523 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 
 	/*
-	 * Movability of hugepages depends on architectures and hugepage size.
+	 * Migratability of hugepages depends on architectures and their size.
 	 * This check is necessary because some callers of hugepage migration
 	 * like soft offline and memory hotremove don't walk through page
 	 * tables or check whether the hugepage is pmd-based or not before