diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b8c23ac5582f..4d4430c1b3f4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2977,6 +2977,24 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 
+	ret = mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb(folio, gfp | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
+	/*
+	 * Unconditionally increment NR_HUGETLB here. If it turns out that
+	 * mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb failed, then immediately free the page and
+	 * decrement NR_HUGETLB.
+	 */
+	lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_HUGETLB, pages_per_huge_page(h));
+
+	if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+		free_huge_folio(folio);
+		/*
+		 * Skip uncharging hugetlb_cgroup since the charges
+		 * were committed to the folio and freeing the folio
+		 * would have cleared those up.
+		 */
+		goto out_subpool_put;
+	}
+
 	hugetlb_set_folio_subpool(folio, spool);
 
 	if (map_chg != MAP_CHG_ENFORCED) {
@@ -3004,19 +3022,6 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb(folio, gfp | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
-	/*
-	 * Unconditionally increment NR_HUGETLB here. If it turns out that
-	 * mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb failed, then immediately free the page and
-	 * decrement NR_HUGETLB.
-	 */
-	lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_HUGETLB, pages_per_huge_page(h));
-
-	if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
-		free_huge_folio(folio);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
 	return folio;
 
 out_uncharge_cgroup: