diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b586cdd75930..dede0337c07c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2924,11 +2924,11 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		page = alloc_buddy_huge_page_with_mpol(h, vma, addr);
 		if (!page)
 			goto out_uncharge_cgroup;
+		spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 		if (!avoid_reserve && vma_has_reserves(vma, gbl_chg)) {
 			SetHPageRestoreReserve(page);
 			h->resv_huge_pages--;
 		}
-		spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 		list_add(&page->lru, &h->hugepage_activelist);
 		set_page_refcounted(page);
 		/* Fall through */