diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 6513f565586..09ee07f0266 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -858,15 +858,15 @@ out_free:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping)
+int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping, long delta)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct hugetlbfs_sb_info *sbinfo = HUGETLBFS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
 	if (sbinfo->free_blocks > -1) {
 		spin_lock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
-		if (sbinfo->free_blocks > 0)
-			sbinfo->free_blocks--;
+		if (sbinfo->free_blocks - delta >= 0)
+			sbinfo->free_blocks -= delta;
 		else
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 		spin_unlock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
@@ -875,13 +875,13 @@ int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void hugetlb_put_quota(struct address_space *mapping)
+void hugetlb_put_quota(struct address_space *mapping, long delta)
 {
 	struct hugetlbfs_sb_info *sbinfo = HUGETLBFS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
 	if (sbinfo->free_blocks > -1) {
 		spin_lock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
-		sbinfo->free_blocks++;
+		sbinfo->free_blocks += delta;
 		spin_unlock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index e22368656b3..8104e5af75a 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ static inline struct hugetlbfs_sb_info *HUGETLBFS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
 extern const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
 extern struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops;
 struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t);
-int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping);
-void hugetlb_put_quota(struct address_space *mapping);
+int hugetlb_get_quota(struct address_space *mapping, long delta);
+void hugetlb_put_quota(struct address_space *mapping, long delta);
 
 static inline int is_file_hugepages(struct file *file)
 {
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index bc12b0adfa8..1e317465ecd 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (mapping)
-		hugetlb_put_quota(mapping);
+		hugetlb_put_quota(mapping, 1);
 	set_page_private(page, 0);
 }
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 
-	if (hugetlb_get_quota(mapping))
+	if (hugetlb_get_quota(mapping, 1))
 		return ERR_PTR(-VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)