diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d0e57a3cda18..5585dc3d3646 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5075,7 +5075,7 @@ static struct page *mc_handle_present_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return NULL;
 	if (PageAnon(page)) {
 		/* we don't move shared anon */
-		if (!move_anon() || page_mapcount(page) > 2)
+		if (!move_anon() || page_mapcount(page) > 1)
 			return NULL;
 	} else if (!move_file())
 		/* we ignore mapcount for file pages */