1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 73f17c0293c0..2316840b337a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ retry:
         h->resv_huge_pages += delta;
         ret = 0;
 
-        spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
         /* Free the needed pages to the hugetlb pool */
         list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
                 if ((--needed) < 0)
@@ -915,6 +914,7 @@ retry:
                 VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page));
                 enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
         }
+        spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
         /* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
 free: