diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ea7b697bcf6ce2..3b032dac62e62e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ bool pm_suspended_storage(void)
 unsigned int pageblock_order __read_mostly;
 #endif
 
-static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
+static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
+			    fpi_t fpi_flags);
 
 /*
  * results with 256, 32 in the lowmem_reserve sysctl:
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
 void free_compound_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	mem_cgroup_uncharge(page);
-	__free_pages_ok(page, compound_order(page));
+	__free_pages_ok(page, compound_order(page), FPI_NONE);
 }
 
 void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
@@ -1423,14 +1424,14 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
 static void free_one_page(struct zone *zone,
 				struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
 				unsigned int order,
-				int migratetype)
+				int migratetype, fpi_t fpi_flags)
 {
 	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
 	if (unlikely(has_isolate_pageblock(zone) ||
 		is_migrate_isolate(migratetype))) {
 		migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
 	}
-	__free_one_page(page, pfn, zone, order, migratetype, FPI_NONE);
+	__free_one_page(page, pfn, zone, order, migratetype, fpi_flags);
 	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
 }
 
@@ -1508,7 +1509,8 @@ void __meminit reserve_bootmem_region(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
+static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
+			    fpi_t fpi_flags)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int migratetype;
@@ -1520,7 +1522,8 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__count_vm_events(PGFREE, 1 << order);
-	free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, pfn, order, migratetype);
+	free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, pfn, order, migratetype,
+		      fpi_flags);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -1530,6 +1533,11 @@ void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	struct page *p = page;
 	unsigned int loop;
 
+	/*
+	 * When initializing the memmap, __init_single_page() sets the refcount
+	 * of all pages to 1 ("allocated"/"not free"). We have to set the
+	 * refcount of all involved pages to 0.
+	 */
 	prefetchw(p);
 	for (loop = 0; loop < (nr_pages - 1); loop++, p++) {
 		prefetchw(p + 1);
@@ -1540,8 +1548,12 @@ void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	set_page_count(p, 0);
 
 	atomic_long_add(nr_pages, &page_zone(page)->managed_pages);
-	set_page_refcounted(page);
-	__free_pages(page, order);
+
+	/*
+	 * Bypass PCP and place fresh pages right to the tail, primarily
+	 * relevant for memory onlining.
+	 */
+	__free_pages_ok(page, order, FPI_TO_TAIL);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
@@ -3168,7 +3180,8 @@ static void free_unref_page_commit(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn)
 	 */
 	if (migratetype >= MIGRATE_PCPTYPES) {
 		if (unlikely(is_migrate_isolate(migratetype))) {
-			free_one_page(zone, page, pfn, 0, migratetype);
+			free_one_page(zone, page, pfn, 0, migratetype,
+				      FPI_NONE);
 			return;
 		}
 		migratetype = MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
@@ -4991,7 +5004,7 @@ static inline void free_the_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	if (order == 0)		/* Via pcp? */
 		free_unref_page(page);
 	else
-		__free_pages_ok(page, order);
+		__free_pages_ok(page, order, FPI_NONE);
 }
 
 void __free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)