diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e2ef1c17942f..3a4065312938 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7690,6 +7690,14 @@ bool has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int count,
 		if (PageReserved(page))
 			goto unmovable;
 
+		/*
+		 * If the zone is movable and we have ruled out all reserved
+		 * pages then it should be reasonably safe to assume the rest
+		 * is movable.
+		 */
+		if (zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * Hugepages are not in LRU lists, but they're movable.
 		 * We need not scan over tail pages bacause we don't