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diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d2e6a79fe69d..98dfeff82ef0 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1185,24 +1185,17 @@ static void folio_wake_bit(struct folio *folio, int bit_nr)
}
/*
- * It is possible for other pages to have collided on the waitqueue
- * hash, so in that case check for a page match. That prevents a long-
- * term waiter
+ * It's possible to miss clearing waiters here, when we woke our page
+ * waiters, but the hashed waitqueue has waiters for other pages on it.
+ * That's okay, it's a rare case. The next waker will clear it.
*
- * It is still possible to miss a case here, when we woke page waiters
- * and removed them from the waitqueue, but there are still other
- * page waiters.
+ * Note that, depending on the page pool (buddy, hugetlb, ZONE_DEVICE,
+ * other), the flag may be cleared in the course of freeing the page;
+ * but that is not required for correctness.
*/
- if (!waitqueue_active(q) || !key.page_match) {
+ if (!waitqueue_active(q) || !key.page_match)
folio_clear_waiters(folio);
- /*
- * It's possible to miss clearing Waiters here, when we woke
- * our page waiters, but the hashed waitqueue has waiters for
- * other pages on it.
- *
- * That's okay, it's a rare case. The next waker will clear it.
- */
- }
+
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
}