diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d87958a..fd421ed 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@
 				error = -ENOMEM;
 				goto failed;
 			}
+			SetPageSwapBacked(filepage);
 
 			/* Precharge page while we can wait, compensate after */
 			error = mem_cgroup_cache_charge(filepage, current->mm,