diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
index e0083de1ca82..ecb6e0b7819a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static void hugetlb_cgroup_init(struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cgroup,
 		struct page_counter *fault, *fault_parent = NULL;
 		struct page_counter *rsvd, *rsvd_parent = NULL;
 		unsigned long limit;
+		int ret;
 
 		if (parent_h_cgroup) {
 			fault_parent = hugetlb_cgroup_counter_from_cgroup(
@@ -118,8 +119,10 @@ static void hugetlb_cgroup_init(struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cgroup,
 		limit = round_down(PAGE_COUNTER_MAX,
 				   pages_per_huge_page(&hstates[idx]));
 
-		VM_BUG_ON(page_counter_set_max(fault, limit));
-		VM_BUG_ON(page_counter_set_max(rsvd, limit));
+		ret = page_counter_set_max(fault, limit);
+		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
+		ret = page_counter_set_max(rsvd, limit);
+		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
 	}
 }