diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fbcb3c96a186e8bcf9758189e4d1f17f1bc00cdd..35b524085c449c8092bd35f163715a811f694458 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ bool shmem_charge(struct inode *inode, long pages)
 
 	if (shmem_acct_block(info->flags, pages))
 		return false;
+
+	if (sbinfo->max_blocks) {
+		if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks,
+					   sbinfo->max_blocks - pages) > 0)
+			goto unacct;
+		percpu_counter_add(&sbinfo->used_blocks, pages);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock, flags);
 	info->alloced += pages;
 	inode->i_blocks += pages * BLOCKS_PER_PAGE;
@@ -273,20 +281,11 @@ bool shmem_charge(struct inode *inode, long pages)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->lock, flags);
 	inode->i_mapping->nrpages += pages;
 
-	if (!sbinfo->max_blocks)
-		return true;
-	if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks,
-				sbinfo->max_blocks - pages) > 0) {
-		inode->i_mapping->nrpages -= pages;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock, flags);
-		info->alloced -= pages;
-		shmem_recalc_inode(inode);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->lock, flags);
-		shmem_unacct_blocks(info->flags, pages);
-		return false;
-	}
-	percpu_counter_add(&sbinfo->used_blocks, pages);
 	return true;
+
+unacct:
+	shmem_unacct_blocks(info->flags, pages);
+	return false;
 }
 
 void shmem_uncharge(struct inode *inode, long pages)