diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6f99a0f906bb..591e297f0ace 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4142,7 +4142,9 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 out_err:
 	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
-		region_abort(resv_map, from, to);
+		/* Don't call region_abort if region_chg failed */
+		if (chg >= 0)
+			region_abort(resv_map, from, to);
 	if (vma && is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER))
 		kref_put(&resv_map->refs, resv_map_release);
 	return ret;