diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 96478663474..a2677e0a638 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3609,10 +3609,12 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
 }
 
 /*
- * This routine traverse page_cgroup in given list and drop them all.
- * *And* this routine doesn't reclaim page itself, just removes page_cgroup.
+ * Traverse a specified page_cgroup list and try to drop them all.  This doesn't
+ * reclaim the pages page themselves - it just removes the page_cgroups.
+ * Returns true if some page_cgroups were not freed, indicating that the caller
+ * must retry this operation.
  */
-static int mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+static bool mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				int node, int zid, enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
@@ -3620,7 +3622,6 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	struct list_head *list;
 	struct page *busy;
 	struct zone *zone;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	zone = &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[zid];
 	mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(memcg, node, zid);
@@ -3634,7 +3635,6 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		struct page_cgroup *pc;
 		struct page *page;
 
-		ret = 0;
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
 		if (list_empty(list)) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
@@ -3651,19 +3651,14 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty_list(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 
 		pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
 
-		ret = mem_cgroup_move_parent(page, pc, memcg);
-
-		if (ret == -EBUSY || ret == -EINVAL) {
+		if (mem_cgroup_move_parent(page, pc, memcg)) {
 			/* found lock contention or "pc" is obsolete. */
 			busy = page;
 			cond_resched();
 		} else
 			busy = NULL;
 	}
-
-	if (!ret && !list_empty(list))
-		return -EBUSY;
-	return ret;
+	return !list_empty(list);
 }
 
 /*