diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 7da9e84c2f95e0431fe20e091c956989977713e2..b798dcc1464b2454307a13310f0c03fbadbae9a7 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3012,6 +3012,21 @@ static int adjust_pool_surplus(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static void hugetlb_drain_movable_pcp(struct hstate *h, int nid)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	/*
+	 * only zone movable is needed to drian as it is the only
+	 * zone that can be exclusively used by hugetlb.
+	 */
+	zone = &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_MOVABLE];
+
+	if (atomic_long_read(&zone->managed_pages))
+		drain_all_pages(zone);
+}
+
 #define persistent_huge_pages(h) (h->nr_huge_pages - h->surplus_huge_pages)
 static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
 			      nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
@@ -3094,6 +3109,13 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
 			break;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * drain pcp from movable zone to increase the success rate for
+	 * hugetlb memory allocation
+	 */
+	if (count > persistent_huge_pages(h))
+		hugetlb_drain_movable_pcp(h, nid);
+
 	while (count > persistent_huge_pages(h)) {
 		/*
 		 * If this allocation races such that we no longer need the