diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2e346645eb80d6bb8f97761c30aed6a512017e59..1e7873e40c9a16e922d4800e6dc41486eee23540 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2017,8 +2017,8 @@ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
 	zl = policy_zonelist(gfp, pol, node);
-	mpol_cond_put(pol);
 	page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, order, zl, nmask);
+	mpol_cond_put(pol);
 out:
 	if (unlikely(!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)))
 		goto retry_cpuset;