diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index cdfb1ae78a3f..54c4e0b0dda4 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -409,10 +409,11 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
 	/*
-	 * end == 0 indicates that the entire range after
-	 * start should be unmapped.
+	 * end == 0 indicates that the entire range after start should be
+	 * unmapped.  Note, end is exclusive, whereas the interval tree takes
+	 * an inclusive "last".
 	 */
-	vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, root, start, end ? end : ULONG_MAX) {
+	vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, root, start, end ? end - 1 : ULONG_MAX) {
 		unsigned long v_offset;
 		unsigned long v_end;