diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a16d04aae619..cdb7d8df666a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ struct folio *hugetlb_alloc_folio(struct hstate *h,
 	lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_HUGETLB, nr_pages);
 
 	if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
-		free_huge_folio(folio);
+		folio_put(folio);
 		/*
 		 * Skip uncharging hugetlb_cgroup since the charges
 		 * were committed to the folio and freeing the folio