diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 8f96461236f655c3eef66694d45d9c4381a58210..7163fe014b57f4e15813c1969958d5764b18e5af 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -695,14 +695,11 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *info;
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | config->mode;
 		inode->i_uid = config->uid;
 		inode->i_gid = config->gid;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
-		info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
-		mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
 		inode->i_op = &hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
@@ -733,7 +730,6 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *info;
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 		lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem,
@@ -741,15 +737,6 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hugetlbfs_aops;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 		inode->i_mapping->private_data = resv_map;
-		info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
-		/*
-		 * The policy is initialized here even if we are creating a
-		 * private inode because initialization simply creates an
-		 * an empty rb tree and calls rwlock_init(), later when we
-		 * call mpol_free_shared_policy() it will just return because
-		 * the rb tree will still be empty.
-		 */
-		mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
 		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		default:
 			init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
@@ -937,6 +924,18 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		hugetlbfs_inc_free_inodes(sbinfo);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Any time after allocation, hugetlbfs_destroy_inode can be called
+	 * for the inode.  mpol_free_shared_policy is unconditionally called
+	 * as part of hugetlbfs_destroy_inode.  So, initialize policy here
+	 * in case of a quick call to destroy.
+	 *
+	 * Note that the policy is initialized even if we are creating a
+	 * private inode.  This simplifies hugetlbfs_destroy_inode.
+	 */
+	mpol_shared_policy_init(&p->policy, NULL);
+
 	return &p->vfs_inode;
 }