diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index ea87d599199e..5f63e7d30bca 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1352,8 +1352,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 
 			if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page)))
 				flags |= TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD;
-
-			trace_android_vh_page_trylock_set(page);
+			if (!ignore_references)
+				trace_android_vh_page_trylock_set(page);
 			if (!try_to_unmap(page, flags)) {
 				stat->nr_unmap_fail += nr_pages;
 				if (!was_swapbacked && PageSwapBacked(page))