diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 7ca198b379afb59b1cc1d6a653926a03b35123cd..addca4cd4f11c6d706cccfac2f4a81476ca133bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode, long from, long to);
 void hugetlb_unreserve_pages(struct inode *inode, long offset, long freed);
 
 extern unsigned long max_huge_pages;
+extern unsigned long sysctl_overcommit_huge_pages;
 extern unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
-extern unsigned long nr_overcommit_huge_pages;
 extern const unsigned long hugetlb_zero, hugetlb_infinity;
 extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 924c674b76ea7fe8503ff0452a23066dbf9ca3f2..8b7e95411795793724f036594e1446e32f1e444b 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -978,8 +978,8 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "nr_overcommit_hugepages",
-		.data		= &nr_overcommit_huge_pages,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(nr_overcommit_huge_pages),
+		.data		= &sysctl_overcommit_huge_pages,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_overcommit_huge_pages),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &hugetlb_overcommit_handler,
 	},
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index d9a380312467d7d13f70064c50b6c718e38f55a6..cb1b3a7ecdfcc5030ef0547f3544d697f3b6a30e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@
 const unsigned long hugetlb_zero = 0, hugetlb_infinity = ~0UL;
 static unsigned long nr_huge_pages, free_huge_pages, resv_huge_pages;
 static unsigned long surplus_huge_pages;
+static unsigned long nr_overcommit_huge_pages;
 unsigned long max_huge_pages;
+unsigned long sysctl_overcommit_huge_pages;
 static struct list_head hugepage_freelists[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static unsigned int nr_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static unsigned int free_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static unsigned int surplus_huge_pages_node[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static gfp_t htlb_alloc_mask = GFP_HIGHUSER;
 unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
-unsigned long nr_overcommit_huge_pages;
 static int hugetlb_next_nid;
 
 /*
@@ -609,8 +610,9 @@ int hugetlb_overcommit_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			struct file *file, void __user *buffer,
 			size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	nr_overcommit_huge_pages = sysctl_overcommit_huge_pages;
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	return 0;
 }