diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 7edb4cbc29f..07eda69412f 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ extern unsigned int nr_free_pagecache_pages(void);
 /* linux/mm/swap.c */
 extern void __lru_cache_add(struct page *, enum lru_list lru);
 extern void lru_cache_add_lru(struct page *, enum lru_list lru);
+extern void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *,
+					struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern void activate_page(struct page *);
 extern void mark_page_accessed(struct page *);
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 9fef7272fb9..450127f4c58 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1922,12 +1922,13 @@ gotten:
 		 * thread doing COW.
 		 */
 		ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, address, page_table);
-		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
-		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
 		SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
-		lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page);
+		lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address);
 
+//TODO:  is this safe?  do_anonymous_page() does it this way.
+		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
+		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
 		if (old_page) {
 			/*
 			 * Only after switching the pte to the new page may
@@ -2420,7 +2421,7 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		goto release;
 	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 	SetPageSwapBacked(page);
-	lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
+	lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 
@@ -2564,12 +2565,11 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		entry = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
 			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
-		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 		if (anon) {
-                        inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
+			inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 			SetPageSwapBacked(page);
-                        lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
-                        page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
+			lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
+			page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 		} else {
 			inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);
 			page_add_file_rmap(page);
@@ -2578,6 +2578,8 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				get_page(dirty_page);
 			}
 		}
+//TODO:  is this safe?  do_anonymous_page() does it this way.
+		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 
 		/* no need to invalidate: a not-present page won't be cached */
 		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index bc58c1369dd..2152e48a7b8 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 /* How many pages do we try to swap or page in/out together? */
 int page_cluster;
 
@@ -244,6 +246,25 @@ void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable
+ * @page:  the page to be added to LRU
+ * @vma:   vma in which page is mapped for determining reclaimability
+ *
+ * place @page on active or unevictable LRU list, depending on
+ * page_evictable().  Note that if the page is not evictable,
+ * it goes directly back onto it's zone's unevictable list.  It does
+ * NOT use a per cpu pagevec.
+ */
+void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
+					struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (page_evictable(page, vma))
+		lru_cache_add_lru(page, LRU_ACTIVE + page_is_file_cache(page));
+	else
+		add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
+}
+
 /*
  * Drain pages out of the cpu's pagevecs.
  * Either "cpu" is the current CPU, and preemption has already been