diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 73f17c0293c0a0e57a62f65f11c969b9319532f5..2316840b337a37447d2d8cbe294f53df71e53575 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, int delta)
 	h->resv_huge_pages += delta;
 	ret = 0;
 
-	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	/* Free the needed pages to the hugetlb pool */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
 		if ((--needed) < 0)
@@ -915,6 +914,7 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, int delta)
 		VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page));
 		enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	/* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
 free: