diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a57eb747f08d..d15a9f08caab 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1739,8 +1739,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 				/* Adding to swap updated mapping */
 				mapping = page_mapping(page);
 			}
-		} else if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page))) {
-			/* Split file THP */
+		} else if (PageSwapBacked(page) && PageTransHuge(page)) {
+			/* Split shmem THP */
 			if (split_folio_to_list(folio, page_list))
 				goto keep_locked;
 		}