diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2afb70171b76..fe44324d6383 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1725,13 +1725,6 @@ static void __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Move PageHWPoison flag from head page to the raw error pages,
-	 * which makes any healthy subpages reusable.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(folio_test_hwpoison(folio)))
-		folio_clear_hugetlb_hwpoison(folio);
-
 	/*
 	 * If vmemmap pages were allocated above, then we need to clear the
 	 * hugetlb flag under the hugetlb lock.
@@ -1742,6 +1735,13 @@ static void __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Move PageHWPoison flag from head page to the raw error pages,
+	 * which makes any healthy subpages reusable.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(folio_test_hwpoison(folio)))
+		folio_clear_hugetlb_hwpoison(folio);
+
 	folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1);
 
 	/*