diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 4f6f58bf3db6..d28972cd33f5 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1967,6 +1967,15 @@ int dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio(struct folio *folio)
 		struct hstate *h = folio_hstate(folio);
 		bool adjust_surplus = false;
 
+		/*
+		 * remove_hugetlb_folio()/update_and_free_hugetlb_folio() bail
+		 * for gigantic hstates without runtime support, so dissolving one
+		 * here would leave it on the free list and, on vmemmap restore
+		 * failure, the add_hugetlb_folio() rollback corrupts that list.
+		 */
+		if (hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h))
+			goto out;
+
 		if (!available_huge_pages(h))
 			goto out;