diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 7eb59bc552a5..51ec9cdb92c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ extern void deactivate_page(struct page *page);
 extern void mark_page_lazyfree(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
-extern void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
+extern void lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
 						struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 /* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 25de10c904e6..49047d479c57 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int __replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (new_page) {
 		get_page(new_page);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, addr, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 	} else
 		/* no new page, just dec_mm_counter for old_page */
 		dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 206f52b36ffb..863c495776d7 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		entry = mk_huge_pmd(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 		entry = maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, haddr, true);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 		pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, pgtable);
 		set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, haddr, vmf->pmd, entry);
 		add_mm_counter(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index b52bd46ad146..15a9af791014 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	spin_lock(pmd_ptl);
 	BUG_ON(!pmd_none(*pmd));
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address, true);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 	pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pmd, pgtable);
 	set_pmd_at(mm, address, pmd, _pmd);
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c39a13b09602..6fe8b5b22c57 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_copy(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		 */
 		ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, vmf->address, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 		/*
 		 * We call the notify macro here because, when using secondary
 		 * mmu page tables (such as kvm shadow page tables), we want the
@@ -3266,10 +3266,9 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/* ksm created a completely new copy */
 	if (unlikely(page != swapcache && swapcache)) {
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	} else {
 		do_page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, exclusive);
-		activate_page(page);
 	}
 
 	swap_free(entry);
@@ -3414,7 +3413,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 	inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 setpte:
 	set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, vmf->address, vmf->pte, entry);
 
@@ -3672,7 +3671,7 @@ vm_fault_t alloc_set_pte(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page)
 	if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
 		inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, vmf->address, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	} else {
 		inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, mm_counter_file(page));
 		page_add_file_rmap(page, false);
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index d179657f8685..819e55130134 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ static void migrate_vma_insert_page(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 	inc_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, addr, false);
 	if (!is_zone_device_page(page))
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	get_page(page);
 
 	if (flush) {
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index de257c0a89b1..9285e60c7d6e 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -476,23 +476,24 @@ void lru_cache_add(struct page *page)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lru_cache_add);
 
 /**
- * lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable
+ * lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable
  * @page:  the page to be added to LRU
  * @vma:   vma in which page is mapped for determining reclaimability
  *
- * Place @page on the active or unevictable LRU list, depending on its
+ * Place @page on the inactive or unevictable LRU list, depending on its
  * evictability.  Note that if the page is not evictable, it goes
  * directly back onto it's zone's unevictable list, it does NOT use a
  * per cpu pagevec.
  */
-void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
+void lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
 					 struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	bool unevictable;
+
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
 
-	if (likely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SPECIAL)) != VM_LOCKED))
-		SetPageActive(page);
-	else if (!TestSetPageMlocked(page)) {
+	unevictable = (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SPECIAL)) == VM_LOCKED;
+	if (unlikely(unevictable) && !TestSetPageMlocked(page)) {
 		/*
 		 * We use the irq-unsafe __mod_zone_page_stat because this
 		 * counter is not modified from interrupt context, and the pte
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 6c26916e95fd..82183432fdd0 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ static int unuse_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, addr, false);
 	} else { /* ksm created a completely new copy */
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, addr, false);
-		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+		lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	}
 	swap_free(entry);
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index b80419320c7d..9a3d451402d7 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 
 	inc_mm_counter(dst_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, dst_vma, dst_addr, false);
-	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, dst_vma);
+	lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable(page, dst_vma);
 
 	set_pte_at(dst_mm, dst_addr, dst_pte, _dst_pte);
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e34fc04b7045..783cd7fdc61a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -998,8 +998,6 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 		return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
 
 	if (referenced_ptes) {
-		if (PageSwapBacked(page))
-			return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
 		/*
 		 * All mapped pages start out with page table
 		 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
@@ -1022,7 +1020,7 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 		/*
 		 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
 		 */
-		if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
+		if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && !PageSwapBacked(page))
 			return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
 
 		return PAGEREF_KEEP;