diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index dba52ee31bd4..1f4446a90cef 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1146,8 +1146,11 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int trapno, int flags)
 	}
 
 	if (!PageHuge(p) && PageTransHuge(hpage)) {
-		if (unlikely(split_huge_page(hpage))) {
-			pr_err("MCE: %#lx: thp split failed\n", pfn);
+		if (!PageAnon(hpage) || unlikely(split_huge_page(hpage))) {
+			if (!PageAnon(hpage))
+				pr_err("MCE: %#lx: non anonymous thp\n", pfn);
+			else
+				pr_err("MCE: %#lx: thp split failed\n", pfn);
 			if (TestClearPageHWPoison(p))
 				atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &num_poisoned_pages);
 			put_page(p);