diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index c715bb91605860..5f5c545cdf06f5 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2929,7 +2929,8 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 		region_add(&inode->i_mapping->private_list, from, to);
 	return 0;
 out_err:
-	resv_map_put(vma);
+	if (vma)
+		resv_map_put(vma);
 	return ret;
 }