diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 20746420954..107da3d809a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2272,9 +2272,17 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 					struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					int acctflag)
 {
-	long ret = 0, chg;
+	long ret, chg;
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_inode(inode);
 
+	/*
+	 * Only apply hugepage reservation if asked. At fault time, an
+	 * attempt will be made for VM_NORESERVE to allocate a page
+	 * and filesystem quota without using reserves
+	 */
+	if (acctflag & VM_NORESERVE)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Shared mappings base their reservation on the number of pages that
 	 * are already allocated on behalf of the file. Private mappings need
@@ -2283,42 +2291,47 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 		chg = region_chg(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
-	else
-		chg = to - from;
-
-	if (chg < 0)
-		return chg;
-
-	if (hugetlb_get_quota(inode->i_mapping, chg))
-		return -ENOSPC;
-
-	/*
-	 * Only apply hugepage reservation if asked. We still have to
-	 * take the filesystem quota because it is an upper limit
-	 * defined for the mount and not necessarily memory as a whole
-	 */
-	if (acctflag & VM_NORESERVE) {
-		reset_vma_resv_huge_pages(vma);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	ret = hugetlb_acct_memory(h, chg);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		hugetlb_put_quota(inode->i_mapping, chg);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
-		region_add(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
 	else {
 		struct resv_map *resv_map = resv_map_alloc();
-
 		if (!resv_map)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
+		chg = to - from;
+
 		set_vma_resv_map(vma, resv_map);
 		set_vma_resv_flags(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER);
 	}
 
+	if (chg < 0)
+		return chg;
+
+	/* There must be enough filesystem quota for the mapping */
+	if (hugetlb_get_quota(inode->i_mapping, chg))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check enough hugepages are available for the reservation.
+	 * Hand back the quota if there are not
+	 */
+	ret = hugetlb_acct_memory(h, chg);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		hugetlb_put_quota(inode->i_mapping, chg);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Account for the reservations made. Shared mappings record regions
+	 * that have reservations as they are shared by multiple VMAs.
+	 * When the last VMA disappears, the region map says how much
+	 * the reservation was and the page cache tells how much of
+	 * the reservation was consumed. Private mappings are per-VMA and
+	 * only the consumed reservations are tracked. When the VMA
+	 * disappears, the original reservation is the VMA size and the
+	 * consumed reservations are stored in the map. Hence, nothing
+	 * else has to be done for private mappings here
+	 */
+	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
+		region_add(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
 	return 0;
 }