diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index f64ebb6226cb..07c875fdeaf0 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/page-isolation.h>
 #include <linux/pagewalk.h>
-#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "ras/ras_event.h"
 
@@ -868,7 +867,6 @@ static int me_pagecache_clean(struct page_state *ps, struct page *p)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
-	bool extra_pins;
 
 	delete_from_lru_cache(p);
 
@@ -897,24 +895,18 @@ static int me_pagecache_clean(struct page_state *ps, struct page *p)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * The shmem page is kept in page cache instead of truncating
-	 * so is expected to have an extra refcount after error-handling.
-	 */
-	extra_pins = shmem_mapping(mapping);
-
 	/*
 	 * Truncation is a bit tricky. Enable it per file system for now.
 	 *
 	 * Open: to take i_rwsem or not for this? Right now we don't.
 	 */
 	ret = truncate_error_page(p, page_to_pfn(p), mapping);
-	if (has_extra_refcount(ps, p, extra_pins))
-		ret = MF_FAILED;
-
 out:
 	unlock_page(p);
 
+	if (has_extra_refcount(ps, p, false))
+		ret = MF_FAILED;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index f0eee4e221a7..dc038ce78700 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2456,7 +2456,6 @@ shmem_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* i_rwsem is held by caller */
 	if (unlikely(info->seals & (F_SEAL_GROW |
@@ -2467,15 +2466,7 @@ shmem_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	ret = shmem_getpage(inode, index, pagep, SGP_WRITE);
-
-	if (*pagep && PageHWPoison(*pagep)) {
-		unlock_page(*pagep);
-		put_page(*pagep);
-		ret = -EIO;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return shmem_getpage(inode, index, pagep, SGP_WRITE);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2562,12 +2553,6 @@ static ssize_t shmem_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 			if (sgp == SGP_CACHE)
 				set_page_dirty(page);
 			unlock_page(page);
-
-			if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
-				put_page(page);
-				error = -EIO;
-				break;
-			}
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -3107,8 +3092,7 @@ static const char *shmem_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 		page = find_get_page(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 		if (!page)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
-		if (PageHWPoison(page) ||
-		    !PageUptodate(page)) {
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
 			put_page(page);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 		}
@@ -3116,11 +3100,6 @@ static const char *shmem_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 		error = shmem_getpage(inode, 0, &page, SGP_READ);
 		if (error)
 			return ERR_PTR(error);
-		if (page && PageHWPoison(page)) {
-			unlock_page(page);
-			put_page(page);
-			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
-		}
 		unlock_page(page);
 	}
 	set_delayed_call(done, shmem_put_link, page);
@@ -3771,13 +3750,6 @@ static void shmem_destroy_inodecache(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(shmem_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-/* Keep the page in page cache instead of truncating it */
-static int shmem_error_remove_page(struct address_space *mapping,
-				   struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
 	.writepage	= shmem_writepage,
 	.set_page_dirty	= __set_page_dirty_no_writeback,
@@ -3788,7 +3760,7 @@ const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 	.migratepage	= migrate_page,
 #endif
-	.error_remove_page = shmem_error_remove_page,
+	.error_remove_page = generic_error_remove_page,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(shmem_aops);
 
@@ -4199,10 +4171,6 @@ struct page *shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(struct address_space *mapping,
 		page = ERR_PTR(error);
 	else
 		unlock_page(page);
-
-	if (PageHWPoison(page))
-		page = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-
 	return page;
 #else
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 0780c2a57ff1..ac6f036298cd 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ static int mcontinue_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (PageHWPoison(page)) {
-		ret = -EIO;
-		goto out_release;
-	}
-
 	ret = mfill_atomic_install_pte(dst_mm, dst_pmd, dst_vma, dst_addr,
 				       page, false, wp_copy);
 	if (ret)