diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index aeeddf612baa..07b8e1400c67 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@ static int shmem_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		BUG_ON(folio_mapped(folio));
 		return swap_writepage(&folio->page, wbc);
 	}
-
-	list_del_init(&info->swaplist);
+	if (!info->swapped)
+		list_del_init(&info->swaplist);
 	mutex_unlock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex);
 	if (nr_pages > 1)
 		goto try_split;