diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index c54e18494723..5b9e3e163009 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1985,6 +1985,8 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 					result = SCAN_FAIL;
 					goto xa_unlocked;
 				}
+				/* drain pagevecs to help isolate_lru_page() */
+				lru_add_drain();
 				page = folio_file_page(folio, index);
 			} else if (trylock_page(page)) {
 				get_page(page);