diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 253b03451b72..ba1909b887ef 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -665,8 +665,9 @@ static long hugetlbfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 
 		mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
 
+		set_page_huge_active(page);
 		/*
-		 * page_put due to reference from alloc_huge_page()
+		 * put_page() due to reference from alloc_huge_page()
 		 * unlock_page because locked by add_to_page_cache()
 		 */
 		put_page(page);
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 6b8a7b654771..4e4c35a6bfc5 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ static inline void hugetlb_count_sub(long l, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	atomic_long_sub(l, &mm->hugetlb_usage);
 }
+
+void set_page_huge_active(struct page *page);
+
 #else	/* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 struct hstate {};
 #define alloc_huge_page(v, a, r) NULL
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 52b5e0e026d6..3cab92a4057d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ bool page_huge_active(struct page *page)
 }
 
 /* never called for tail page */
-static void set_page_huge_active(struct page *page)
+void set_page_huge_active(struct page *page)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHeadHuge(page), page);
 	SetPagePrivate(&page[1]);