diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 842ecd7aaf7f..94961f4654b7 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,8 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	rc = nr_failed + retry;
+	nr_failed += retry;
+	rc = nr_failed;
 out:
 	if (nr_succeeded)
 		count_vm_events(PGMIGRATE_SUCCESS, nr_succeeded);