diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 82911fefc2d5..a8d9fd039d0a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -472,12 +472,10 @@ bool shmem_is_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct inode *inode,
 	if (vma && ((vma->vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE) ||
 	    test_bit(MMF_DISABLE_THP, &vma->vm_mm->flags)))
 		return false;
-	if (shmem_huge_force)
-		return true;
-	if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE)
-		return true;
 	if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
 		return false;
+	if (shmem_huge_force || shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE)
+		return true;
 
 	switch (SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb)->huge) {
 	case SHMEM_HUGE_ALWAYS: