diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index cb3fa7c24081..35f6416d2953 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1796,13 +1796,18 @@ static void do_pages_stat_array(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long nr_pages,
 			goto set_status;
 
 		/* FOLL_DUMP to ignore special (like zero) pages */
-		page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_DUMP);
+		page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET | FOLL_DUMP);
 
 		err = PTR_ERR(page);
 		if (IS_ERR(page))
 			goto set_status;
 
-		err = page ? page_to_nid(page) : -ENOENT;
+		if (page) {
+			err = page_to_nid(page);
+			put_page(page);
+		} else {
+			err = -ENOENT;
+		}
 set_status:
 		*status = err;