diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index d8310b0f36dd..c6c87eae4a8d 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -740,6 +740,11 @@ extern unsigned int default_hstate_idx;
 
 #define default_hstate (hstates[default_hstate_idx])
 
+static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return HUGETLBFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->spool;
+}
+
 static inline struct hugepage_subpool *hugetlb_folio_subpool(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	return folio->_hugetlb_subpool;
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e1570735012a..da9f10710c27 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -284,11 +284,6 @@ static long hugepage_subpool_put_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return HUGETLBFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->spool;
-}
-
 static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	return subpool_inode(file_inode(vma->vm_file));
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index b558c4c3bd27..32fa6bfe57d1 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 	struct folio *folio;
 	gfp_t gfp_mask;
-	int err;
 
 	if (is_file_hugepages(memfd)) {
 		/*
@@ -79,12 +78,19 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 		 * alloc from. Also, the folio will be pinned for an indefinite
 		 * amount of time, so it is not expected to be migrated away.
 		 */
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(memfd);
 		struct hstate *h = hstate_file(memfd);
+		int err = -ENOMEM;
+		long nr_resv;
 
 		gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h);
 		gfp_mask &= ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE);
 		idx >>= huge_page_order(h);
 
+		nr_resv = hugetlb_reserve_pages(inode, idx, idx + 1, NULL, 0);
+		if (nr_resv < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(nr_resv);
+
 		folio = alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(h,
 						    numa_node_id(),
 						    NULL,
@@ -95,12 +101,17 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 							idx);
 			if (err) {
 				folio_put(folio);
-				return ERR_PTR(err);
+				goto err_unresv;
 			}
+
+			hugetlb_set_folio_subpool(folio, subpool_inode(inode));
 			folio_unlock(folio);
 			return folio;
 		}
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+err_unresv:
+		if (nr_resv > 0)
+			hugetlb_unreserve_pages(inode, idx, idx + 1, 0);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 #endif
 	return shmem_read_folio(memfd->f_mapping, idx);