diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index eed96302897a..405793b8cf0d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5314,6 +5314,7 @@ int hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 
 		page = alloc_huge_page(dst_vma, dst_addr, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+			put_page(*pagep);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			*pagep = NULL;
 			goto out;