diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index bc5dda3d2ad7..a00e9c335e69 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 	 * split PMDs
 	 */
 	if (!can_split_folio(folio, &extra_pins)) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ fail:
 			xas_unlock(&xas);
 		local_irq_enable();
 		remap_page(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio));
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 556cb1c86e53..f8c85b42e2bc 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1506,9 +1506,22 @@ thp_subpage_migration:
 				if (is_thp) {
 					nr_thp_failed++;
 					/* THP NUMA faulting doesn't split THP to retry. */
-					if (!nosplit && !try_split_thp(page, &thp_split_pages)) {
-						nr_thp_split++;
-						break;
+					if (!nosplit) {
+						int ret = try_split_thp(page, &thp_split_pages);
+
+						if (!ret) {
+							nr_thp_split++;
+							break;
+						} else if (reason == MR_LONGTERM_PIN &&
+							   ret == -EAGAIN) {
+							/*
+							 * Try again to split THP to mitigate
+							 * the failure of longterm pinning.
+							 */
+							thp_retry++;
+							nr_retry_pages += nr_subpages;
+							break;
+						}
 					}
 				} else if (!no_subpage_counting) {
 					nr_failed++;