diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a1832da0f623..77e45dd50ba2 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6717,6 +6717,15 @@ out_put_pages:
 		 */
 		hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_resv);
 	}
+	/* Restore used_hpages for pages that failed global reservation */
+	if (gbl_reserve && spool) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&spool->lock, flags);
+		if (spool->max_hpages != -1)
+			spool->used_hpages -= gbl_reserve;
+		unlock_or_release_subpool(spool, flags);
+	}
 out_uncharge_cgroup:
 	hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd(hstate_index(h),
 					    chg * pages_per_huge_page(h), h_cg);