diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f7f292f1d108..fc54ef10107b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@
 #include "shuffle.h"
 #include "page_reporting.h"
 
+/* Free Page Internal flags: for internal, non-pcp variants of free_pages(). */
+typedef int __bitwise fpi_t;
+
+/* No special request */
+#define FPI_NONE		((__force fpi_t)0)
+
+/*
+ * Skip free page reporting notification for the (possibly merged) page.
+ * This does not hinder free page reporting from grabbing the page,
+ * reporting it and marking it "reported" -  it only skips notifying
+ * the free page reporting infrastructure about a newly freed page. For
+ * example, used when temporarily pulling a page from a freelist and
+ * putting it back unmodified.
+ */
+#define FPI_SKIP_REPORT_NOTIFY	((__force fpi_t)BIT(0))
+
 /* prevent >1 _updater_ of zone percpu pageset ->high and ->batch fields */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcp_batch_high_lock);
 #define MIN_PERCPU_PAGELIST_FRACTION	(8)
@@ -952,7 +968,7 @@ buddy_merge_likely(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long buddy_pfn,
 static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
 		unsigned long pfn,
 		struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
-		int migratetype, bool report)
+		int migratetype, fpi_t fpi_flags)
 {
 	struct capture_control *capc = task_capc(zone);
 	unsigned long buddy_pfn;
@@ -1039,7 +1055,7 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
 		add_to_free_list(page, zone, order, migratetype);
 
 	/* Notify page reporting subsystem of freed page */
-	if (report)
+	if (!(fpi_flags & FPI_SKIP_REPORT_NOTIFY))
 		page_reporting_notify_free(order);
 }
 
@@ -1380,7 +1396,7 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
 		if (unlikely(isolated_pageblocks))
 			mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
 
-		__free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, 0, mt, true);
+		__free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, 0, mt, FPI_NONE);
 		trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, mt);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
@@ -1396,7 +1412,7 @@ static void free_one_page(struct zone *zone,
 		is_migrate_isolate(migratetype))) {
 		migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
 	}
-	__free_one_page(page, pfn, zone, order, migratetype, true);
+	__free_one_page(page, pfn, zone, order, migratetype, FPI_NONE);
 	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
 }
 
@@ -3289,7 +3305,8 @@ void __putback_isolated_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order, int mt)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&zone->lock);
 
 	/* Return isolated page to tail of freelist. */
-	__free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, order, mt, false);
+	__free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, order, mt,
+			FPI_SKIP_REPORT_NOTIFY);
 }
 
 /*