diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 3373fc1c2d0f..b4d972d80b10 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1026,38 +1026,31 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * To record some information during migration, we use some unused
- * fields (mapping and private) of struct folio of the newly allocated
- * destination folio.  This is safe because nobody is using them
- * except us.
+ * To record some information during migration, we use unused private
+ * field of struct folio of the newly allocated destination folio.
+ * This is safe because nobody is using it except us.
  */
-union migration_ptr {
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-};
-
 enum {
 	PAGE_WAS_MAPPED = BIT(0),
 	PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED = BIT(1),
+	PAGE_OLD_STATES = PAGE_WAS_MAPPED | PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED,
 };
 
 static void __migrate_folio_record(struct folio *dst,
-				   unsigned long old_page_state,
+				   int old_page_state,
 				   struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	union migration_ptr ptr = { .anon_vma = anon_vma };
-	dst->mapping = ptr.mapping;
-	dst->private = (void *)old_page_state;
+	dst->private = (void *)anon_vma + old_page_state;
 }
 
 static void __migrate_folio_extract(struct folio *dst,
 				   int *old_page_state,
 				   struct anon_vma **anon_vmap)
 {
-	union migration_ptr ptr = { .mapping = dst->mapping };
-	*anon_vmap = ptr.anon_vma;
-	*old_page_state = (unsigned long)dst->private;
-	dst->mapping = NULL;
+	unsigned long private = (unsigned long)dst->private;
+
+	*anon_vmap = (struct anon_vma *)(private & ~PAGE_OLD_STATES);
+	*old_page_state = private & PAGE_OLD_STATES;
 	dst->private = NULL;
 }