diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 34981c7aad14570994ca4e96acc5d6132d1144cc..e300395fe308c6febcfee534ee27db45f085f88f 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2464,8 +2464,6 @@ static int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_release_uncharge;
 
-	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
-
 	_dst_pte = mk_pte(page, dst_vma->vm_page_prot);
 	if (dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 		_dst_pte = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(_dst_pte));
@@ -2491,6 +2489,8 @@ static int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	if (!pte_none(*dst_pte))
 		goto out_release_uncharge_unlock;
 
+	mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
+
 	lru_cache_add_anon(page);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&info->lock);